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samayo

samaya

masc nom sg of samaya (noun)

1. time; occasion; lit. going together
2. right time; suitable occasion; lit. going together
3. condition; state; lit. going together
4. gathering; massing; congregation; assembly; lit. going together
5. religion; doctrine; lit. going together
6. learning; study; art; science

Built from

• sam — prefix · together, with
  Brings things into one. Cognate with English 'same', Greek homo-, Latin similis, all from Indo-European *sem-.
• aya — stem · go
  From √i (to go), with the suffix -aya creating a noun stem denoting the action or state of going. The root √i appears in eti (goes) and is cognate with English 'iterate' and Latin ire (go).

Analysis. sam- (together) + √i (go): lit. 'going together', referring to a gathering or assembled occasion, hence time, condition, or a body of doctrine.

Etymology. sam- (together, with) + √i (go). The prefix sam- is cognate with English 'same' and Greek homo- (same), both from Indo-European *sem-; the root √i is the same as in the verb eti (goes). The concrete image of 'going together' yields the abstract senses of occasion, fitting time (when things come together), assembly, and by extension a body of teaching or doctrine (a cohesive body of instruction).

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

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