moghapuriso

moghapurisa

masc nom sg of moghapurisa (noun)

fool; worthless man; useless person; stupid person; lit. empty man

Built from

mogha — stem · empty, vain
From a root meaning 'hollow' or 'void'. In Buddhist usage, characterizes a person devoid of wisdom (paññā) or spiritual substance.
purisa — stem · man, person
From PIE *pro- (forth, before) + *-wer- (man), cognate with English peer. The nominative singular -a ending marks it as the final member of the compound.

Analysis. mogha 'empty, vain' + purisa 'man, person'. The compound describes a man devoid of wisdom or moral worth.

Etymology. mogha is from mogha- 'empty, hollow, vain'; purisa is from Proto-Indo-European *pro- (before, forth) + *-wer- (man), cognate with English peer and Sanskrit pauruṣa. The compound reflects the literal image of a 'hollow man', one spiritually empty.

Meanings from the Digital Pāḷi Dictionary; morphology and etymology by Claude.

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