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nirodhā

nirodha

masc nom pl of nirodha (noun); masc instr sg of nirodha (noun); masc abl sg of nirodha (noun); masc voc sg of nirodha (noun); …

1. nirodha (masc): ending; cessation; termination; finishing (of); lit. blocking down
2. nirodhi (aor): finished; stopped; ceased; lit. blocked down

Built from

• nis — prefix · out of, away from
  Negating or removing sense; cf. nibbāna (fire blown out). No common European cognate, but structurally related to English nether and German nieder.
• rodha — root · blocking, obstruction
  From √rudh 'to block, obstruct, stop'. The concrete image is a barrier or dam; cessation is conceived as the blocking-away of continuance.

Etymology. nis (out of, away from) + rodha (blocking, from √rudh 'to block, obstruct'). The prefix nis- carries its sense of 'out, away' to form a word whose concrete image is 'the blocking away' or 'obstruction removed'—hence in doctrine, the cessation of suffering. Cognate with Sanskrit nirodha and English nether (the downward prefix ni-).

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

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