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nibbidāya

nibbidā

fem instr sg of nibbidā (noun); fem dat sg of nibbidā (noun); fem abl sg of nibbidā (noun); fem gen sg of nibbidā (noun); …

1. dis-enchantment (towards); de-illusionment (with); disinterest (in)

Built from

• nis — prefix · out, away
  Prefix marking separation and negation. From nis- "out, away", turning the root backward into withdrawal.
• bid — root · fear, shrink
  √bid (Sanskrit bhī-): the visceral recoil. Cognate with Latin fīdō "trust"—same root of confidence and dread. Here shrinking marks the soul's recognition and turning away.
• ā — ending · feminine abstract
  Feminine noun-forming suffix creating an abstract quality; -ā makes the action or state into a feminine noun expressing the experience of dis-enchantment.

Etymology. nis- (out, away from) + √bid (to fear, shrink from), originally "shrinking away from" the world; cognate with Latin fīdō "trust" (opposite pole of the same root of confidence and recoil). The prefix nis- reverses and negates, making nibbidā the turning away from illusion through direct perception.

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

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