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samayaṁ

samaya

accusative singular masculine noun

1. time, occasion
2. agreement, covenant
3. proper moment or season

Built from

• sam — prefix · together
  Things brought into one; here, the notion of gathering or convergence to mark a fixed point in time.
• aya — root · go
  √i 'go'; aya is the derivative noun stem, 'a going,' hence 'a time of going' or 'appointed occasion.'
• ṁ — ending · accusative
  Marks the noun as direct object or goal of an action.

Analysis. sam + aya: saṁ (together) + √i (go), 'a going-together,' hence a fixed meeting-point or appointed time.

Etymology. From saṁ + √i ('go'), the same root as Pali eti, Sanskrit eti. The prefix saṁ ('together') transforms 'going' into 'a convergence' or 'appointed meeting,' cognate with English same and Latin similis in their Indo-European root.

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

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