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saddā

sadda

masc nom pl of sadda (noun); masc instr sg of sadda (noun); masc abl sg of sadda (noun); masc voc sg of sadda (noun); …

1. sound; noise
2. word; lit. sound
3. report; reputation; good estimation; lit. sound
4. (gram) word; part of a word; the word ' '; lit. sound
5. sound; noise
6. voice; lit. sound
7. (gram) nominal stem; lit. sound

Built from

• sad — root · sit, settle
  The acoustic resonance that sits, settles in the medium and ear. Shared with Latin sedēs (seat) and English settle from PIE *sed-.
• da — ending · agent noun
  Forms masculine agent nouns from verbal roots; here, that-which-sits/settles, the result of the settling action.

Etymology. From √sad (sit, settle); sadda is the result or settling of acoustic vibration. Cognate with Latin sedēs (seat, settlement) and English settle, all from PIE *sed- (sit). The semantic bridge: what settles into the ear becomes sound.

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

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