sāṅgaṇo

sāṅgaṇa

masc nom sg of sāṅgaṇa (adj)

blemished; defiled; impure; lit. with blemish

Built from

sā — prefix · with, having
From an Indo-European root meaning 'to be with' (Sanskrit saha, English same); here it marks possession or presence of a quality.
aṅgaṇa — root · blemish, defect, spot
A nominal form (possibly derived from a root meaning to mark or soil); used in Pali to denote moral or physical impurity, a stain upon character.
o — ending · masculine nominative singular
The -o ending marks the subject form in the masculine singular, identifying the word's grammatical role in the sentence.

Analysis. sā + aṅgaṇa: 'with blemish' or 'having blemish', a bahuvrihi compound where sā 'with, having' combines with aṅgaṇa 'blemish, defect' to mean 'possessed of blemish'.

Etymology. The prefix sā- (with, having) derives from the same root as Sanskrit saha and English 'same'; aṅgaṇa (blemish, spot, defect) is cognate with Sanskrit aṅgaṇa and may relate to a root meaning 'to mark' or 'to stain', though the ultimate origin is uncertain.

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

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