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nicchāto

nicchāta

masc nom sg of nicchāta (adj)

1. satiated; satisfied; desireless; lit. without hunger

Built from

• nis — prefix · out, without
  The prefix nis- (from ni- down + -s) means 'out of' or 'away from', expressing removal and absence. It appears in nibbāna and carries the concrete image of blowing out a flame.
• chāta — stem · blown out, extinguished
  Past participle of √chā 'to blow, breathe out'. The root pictures the extinguishing of fire by breath, hence the applied sense of quenching hunger and desire.

Analysis. nis + chāta, 'blown out' or 'extinguished': the fires of greed and hunger quenched.

Etymology. nis- (out, away, without; cognate: English nether, German nieder) + chāta (past participle of √chā, to blow out, cognate with Sanskrit chāyati). The prefix nis- appears in nibbāna (fire blown out), carrying the sense of quenching or extinction. The root √chā means to blow or breathe out; nicchāta literally depicts hunger and craving as fires that have been extinguished.

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

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