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tindukācīro

tindukācīra

masc nom sg of tindukācīra (adj)

1. surrounded by Ebony trees; with a row of Ebony trees

Built from

• tinduka — root · Ebony tree
  A tree of genus Diospyros; the etymology is uncertain, possibly a non-Indo-European origin word.
• ā — prefix · toward, around
  Reverses or orients motion toward a center; here gives the sense of 'lined with' or 'bordered by', completing the circuit around the thing described.
• cīra — root · line, row, edge
  Related to the root for 'cut' or 'edge'; cognate with English shear (a cutting boundary that marks a line).

Analysis. tinduka (Ebony tree, genus Diospyros) + ā-cīra (having a row or line of); a bahuvrihi compound: 'having Ebony trees around it', describing something adorned or bordered by these trees.

Etymology. tinduka is of uncertain origin, possibly Dravidian; ā-cīra compounds ā (toward, up to) + cīra (line, row, edge—cognate with English shear, the cutting of a boundary line), so the prefix builds a sense of completeness around the tree-lined perimeter.

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

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