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niyyūhe

niyyūha

nt acc pl of niyyūha (noun); nt loc sg of niyyūha (noun)

1. turret; tower; spire; lit. carried out; projection

Built from

• nis — prefix · out of, away
  Prefix marking outward or separating motion. Works like English 'out' or 'off'.
• ūh — root · carry, convey
  Root meaning 'to lift and bear'. Cognate with English 'heave'. The concrete sense of bearing weight outward underlies the architectural meaning.
• a — ending · neuter nominative stem
  Neuter thematic vowel forming the nominative stem; acc pl -e and loc sg -e are derived from this stem.
• e — ending · acc pl / loc sg
  Neuter accusative plural or locative singular ending, depending on syntactic context.

Analysis. nis + √ūh, literally 'carried out': a structure projecting outward from a building, as if thrust forth.

Etymology. nis (out of, away from) + ūhati (carries, conveys), from √ūh cognate with English 'heave'. The prefix nis- gives the root concrete outward motion; niyyūha names what is borne outward—an architectural protrusion.

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

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