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takkarassa

takkara

masc dat sg of takkara (adj); nt dat sg of takkara (adj); masc gen sg of takkara (adj); nt gen sg of takkara (adj); …

1. who does that; doing that; acting accordingly
2. thief; criminal; lit. doing that

Built from

• takk — root · to do, make, fashion
  √takk shares deep Indo-European ancestry with Greek tektōn (builder, carpenter) and Sanskrit takṣ-. The sense 'to do' or 'to act' is the base; 'fashioning' and 'crafting' are primary images.
• ara — ending · agent, one who
  Nominalizing suffix creating an agent noun. Marks the doer of an action, similar to Latin -ārius (salārius, one who receives salt-money).

Analysis. takk- (root of √takk, to do, make, act) + -ara (agent suffix, 'one who'); literally 'one who does/makes'

Etymology. √takk is related to Sanskrit takṣ- (to fashion, carpenter), Greek tektōn (carpenter, τέκτων), and English tectonic; the agent suffix -ara parallels Latin -ārius and Greek -āros. The semantic shift from 'one who makes/fashions' to 'thief' reflects the notion of 'one who acts, does (work)' broadening to 'one who acts (illicitly)'.

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

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