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nāmagottaṁ

nāmagotta

accusative singular neuter of nāmagotta (compound noun)

1. name and clan
2. family identity
3. personal designation

Built from

• nāma — root · name
  From Indo-European *h₃nōmn̥; cognates: Latin nōmen, English name, Greek ónoma. The root refers to the vocal designation or appellation of a person or thing.
• gotta — root · clan, lineage
  Related to Sanskrit gotra, from Indo-European *gews- 'to taste, know' in the sense of 'kinship'; the term marks family or clan affiliation, often traced through a patronymic teacher or ancestor.
• ṁ — ending · accusative singular
  The neuter accusative singular suffix; marks the compound as the direct object or affected noun in the sentence.

Analysis. nāma (name) + gotta (clan, lineage); a dvandva compound denoting the pair of identifiers by which a person is socially known.

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

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