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rājakulamajjhagato

rājakulamajjhagata

masc nom sg of rājakulamajjhagata (adj)

1. amidst the royal court; among royalty

Built from

• rāja — root · king, royal
  From Indo-European *h₂reg- 'to direct, rule'; cognate with Latin rēx and English reign.
• kula — stem · family, household
  Nominative singular in a tatpuruṣa compound; from √kul 'to assemble or gather' (family as a gathered group).
• majjha — stem · middle, midst
  Middle case stem in locative function within the compound; related to √madh and cognate with English mid-, middle, German Mitte.
• gata — stem · gone, placed, situated
  Past participle of √gam 'to go' (Sk. gam-, Lat. venīre, Eng. come); indicates the state of having arrived at or being placed in.
• ø — ending · nominative singular masculine
  Zero ending marking the subject in the nominative; agreement with a masculine noun in verse or descriptive context.

Analysis. rāja-kula-majjha-gata: 'royal' + 'family/household' + 'middle/midst' + 'gone/placed'. A past participle compound meaning 'gone into the midst of the royal household', used attributively of one situated within or belonging to the court.

Etymology. rāja (Sk. rāja-, Lat. rēx, cognate with Eng. reign, rule); kula (Sk. kula-, family, clan, from √kul 'to assemble'); majjha (Sk. madhya-, middle, from √madh 'to be in the middle', cognate with Eng. mid-, middle); gata (Sk. gata-, from √gam 'to go', cognate with Eng. come, Lat. venīre).

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

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