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saṅgāmaṁ

saṅgāma

accusative singular masculine of saṅgāma (noun)

1. battle, combat
2. conflict, struggle

Built from

• saṁ — prefix · together
  Things brought into one; here, forces meeting in conflict. Same root as English 'same' and Latin 'similis'.
• gāma — stem · going, movement
  Derived from √gam 'go, move'. The stem conveys the sense of motion or approach.

Analysis. saṁ + √gam: things moving together into one place, hence a meeting of forces in combat.

Etymology. saṁ (together) + √gam (go, move); the prefix saṁ creates the sense of multiple parties converging. Compare Sanskrit saṁgāma, related to English 'come' and Latin 'venire'.

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

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