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rājaporisena

rājaporisa

nt instr sg of rājaporisa (noun)

1. royal service; government position; police force; lit. king's man

Built from

• rāja — root · king
  From *reg- (to rule). The concrete image: one who directs and maintains order. Cognates: Sanskrit rājan, Latin rēx, English reign, rich.
• porisa — stem · man, person
  From *per- (to go forward, carry); the person who goes forward or carries out the work. Cognates: Sanskrit puruṣa, Greek poros (passage).
• -ena — ending · instrumental singular
  Marks the instrumental singular case, showing means or agency: 'by means of a king's man' or 'in the role of a king's man'.

Analysis. rāja (king) + porisa (man, person); literally 'king's man', a person in the service of the royal court.

Etymology. rāja from Indo-European *reg- (to rule, direct): Sanskrit rājan, Latin rēx, English reign, rich. porisa from Indo-European *per- (to go forward, carry): Sanskrit puruṣa, Greek poros (passage, pore).

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

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