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sekkho

sekkha

masc nom sg of sekkha (noun)

1. trainee; apprentice; learner; (comm) seven stages of a noble person before arahantship

Built from

• sikkh — root · train, learn
  From IE *sek- "to follow, cut a path." Sanskrit śikṣ-; cognate with Latin secare, English seek. The concrete imagery is learning by following a path or being led.
• -a — ending · masculine agent noun
  Forms masculine nominals denoting one who performs the action of the root: one who trains, a trainee. Nominative singular here.

Etymology. From sikkh- (root of sikkati, to learn, train), with masculine agent noun ending -a. The root sikkh- is cognate with Sanskrit śikṣ-, both from Indo-European *sek- (to follow, cut a path). The semantic evolution from "cutting a path" to "learning by following" parallels Latin secare and English seek.

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

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