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sāleyyakā

sāleyyaka

masc nom pl of sāleyyaka (adj); fem nom sg of sāleyyaka (adj); fem nom pl of sāleyyaka (adj); nt nom pl of sāleyyaka (adj); …

1. from the town of Sālā; living in Sālā

Built from

• Sāl- — root · town Sālā
  A proper noun (place name) attested in Pali texts. The concrete root sense is the place itself; the adjective extends from it.
• -eyyaka — ending · of/from, inhabitant of
  Nisba suffix marking origin, dwelling, or affiliation. Transforms place names into adjectives meaning 'belonging to' or 'from that place', as seen in other place adjectives like theyyaka (from thera, elder).

Etymology. Derived from Sālā (a town in the Kosala region, mentioned in the Canon) + -eyyaka, a nisba suffix forming adjectives of origin or habitat. The suffix -eyyaka is related to Sanskrit -eya and Indo-European patterns of place adjectives (compare English -ian, -ian). No external cognates illuminate this historical toponym.

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

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