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purisassa

purisa

masc dat sg of purisa (noun); masc gen sg of purisa (noun); masc dat sg of purisa (adj); nt dat sg of purisa (adj); …

1. man; male; person
2. servant; labourer; lit. man
3. (gram) grammatical person; 3rd 2nd 1st person
4. male; masculine
5. World Soul (in Sāṃkhya system)

Etymology. From PIE *per- 'to lead, pass through'; related to Sanskrit puruṣa, Greek poros 'passage', Latin porta 'gate'. The word originally denoted 'one who goes forth' or 'one who leads', becoming the standard term for man or person. No clear English cognate, though pore and ferry descend from the same root.

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

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