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pubbaṇhasamayaṁ

pubbaṇhasamaya

accusative singular masculine

1. forenoon, morning time
2. early part of the day

Built from

• pubba — root · former, eastern
  The sense of spatial precedence (what comes before) extended to the first part of the day. Cognate with Sanskrit pūrva, English "before" (from PIE *per-).
• aṇha — root · day
  The concrete sense of daylight; compare Sanskrit ahan-.
• samaya — root · time, occasion
  Literally a settled or appointed moment (from √ci "to settle"); used throughout the canon for canonical periods and moments.

Analysis. pubbaṇha (forenoon) + samaya (time, occasion); a compound denoting the period from sunrise to noon.

Etymology. pubbaṇha < pubba (former, eastern, prior) + aṇha (day), from Indo-European *per- (forward, through) seen in Sanskrit pūrva and English "before"; samaya from √ci (to lie, settle), designating an appointed or settled time.

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

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