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parisati
parisā
fem loc sg of parisā (noun)
- parisati (fem): in assembly; in meeting; in forum; in gathering
- parisā (fem): assembly; meeting; forum; council; gathering; lit. sitting around
- parisā (fem): retinue; community; circle; following
Built from
- pari — prefix · around, all the way round
Marks completeness and encirclement. Cognate Greek peri- (perimeter); the concrete sense 'all the way around' underlies the abstract meaning of gathering or assembly.
- sad — root · sit, settle
Cognate English sit, Sanskrit sad. The root captures the posture of sitting; in combination with pari-, it yields the image of people seated together in a circle.
- -i — ending · locative singular feminine
Marks the location or place ('in the assembly'). The feminine noun parisā takes the locative singular ending -i.
Analysis. pari + √sad: sitting around; the locative parisati means 'in the assembly' or 'in the gathering'.
Etymology. pari (around, all the way round) + √sad (sit, settle: cognate English sit, Sanskrit sad). The concrete image is people seated in a circle facing inward; this sense of completeness and togetherness comes from pari- 'around, all the way round', which in combination with the root for sitting yields the idea of a group assembled together.