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suññā

suñña

masc nom pl of suñña (adj); fem nom sg of suñña (adj); fem nom pl of suñña (adj); nt nom pl of suñña (adj); …

1. empty; devoid (of); without
2. empty; uninhabited

Built from

• su — prefix · well, good
  Prefix marking propriety and excellence; here implying proper or genuine emptiness. Cognate with Greek eu- (eulogy) from the same Indo-European root.
• ñña — root · empty, hollow
  From √śū (to swell, be hollow). Sanskrit śūnya (empty) derives from the same root and developed into the philosophical term for emptiness (śūnyatā) central to Buddhist doctrine.

Etymology. From su- (well, good) + √śū (to swell, be hollow). The sense evolved from "well-hollowed" or "properly empty" to "empty, void". Related to Sanskrit śūnya (empty, void), which enters Buddhist philosophy as the concept of emptiness (śūnyatā). The prefix su- carries its usual sense of fitness or propriety; the root √śū appears in Sanskrit śvas (to swell, breathe) and English swell.

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

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