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sakkhipuṭṭho

sakkhipuṭṭha

masc nom sg of sakkhipuṭṭha (adj)

1. questioned as eye witness; asked in court
2. asked personally; asked face to face

Built from

• sakkhi — stem · eyewitness, witness
  From √sac- 'to follow, see'; a witness is one who follows and observes events. Cognate with Sanskrit sākṣī.
• puṭṭha — ending · asked, questioned
  Past participle of √prach- (to ask, inquire). The -tha ending marks the past participle masculine nominative singular, showing the action of questioning applied to the witness.

Analysis. sakkhipuṭṭha = sakkhi (eyewitness, from √sac- to follow, see) + puṭṭha (asked, past participle of √prach- to ask); 'one who has been asked as an eyewitness' or 'questioned in person'.

Etymology. sakkhi from √sac-, meaning 'follower' or 'witness' (one who follows/sees events); puṭṭha from √prach- (to ask, inquire), cognate with Sanskrit prach-, Greek perō (ask). The compound applies the sense of cross-examination in legal or judicial contexts, emphasizing direct questioning of one present.

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

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