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sabyañjanā

sabyañjana

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

1. in letter; (or) well phrased

Built from

• sa — prefix · with, together
  Brings things into one unit; here, sound bound together into coherent articulation. Works like Latin con- and English same.
• byañjana — root · articulation, letter, syllable
  From √bandhati (binds, fits together). The concrete image is of sounds bonded into phonetic form—that which makes speech recognizable and distinct.

Analysis. sa- (with, together) + byañjana (letter, syllable, articulation). The word means 'accompanied by articulate sound' or 'furnished with phonetic markers'; contrasts with abyañjana (inarticulate, silent).

Etymology. From sa- (together with) + byañjana, which derives from √bandhati (binds, articulates) through verbal noun formation. The root reflects Proto-Indo-European *bhendh- (to bind, fit together); cognate with English bind and Sanskrit bandh-. The spatial prefix sa- (together) keeps its concrete sense of things joined or fitted as one unit—hence articulate speech where sounds are bound together into recognizable phonetic units.

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

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