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tapanīyā

tapanīya

masc nom pl of tapanīya (ptp); fem nom sg of tapanīya (ptp); fem nom pl of tapanīya (ptp); nt nom pl of tapanīya (ptp); …

1. tormenting; torturous; causing remorse; lit. to be burned
2. purified gold; lit. to be burned
3. should be tortured; should be tormented; to be purified by fire; lit. to be burned

Built from

• tap — root · burn, torment
  From the Indo-European root *tep- 'warm, hot'. The concrete sense of heat and burning becomes the metaphorical sense of mental torment and remorse (one's conscience burning).
• an — stem · agent formant
  Forms agent nouns and participles; here combines with the root to create the verbal base.
• īya — ending · fit to be, should be
  Suffix marking fitness, necessity, or suitability for an action (passive sense). Equivalent to Sanskrit -īya, used to express 'worthy of' or 'deserving to be'.

Etymology. From √tap 'to burn, torment, heat' (cognate with Latin tepidus 'warm', Sanskrit tapati 'burns'). The suffix -anīya marks fitness or suitability ('that which should be burned; that which causes burning/torment'). In the canon, used both literally of gold purified by fire and figuratively of offences requiring penance (tapanīyakamma).

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

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