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tirobhāvaṁ

tirobhāva

accusative singular masculine of tirobhāva (noun)

1. disappearance, concealment
2. occultation
3. eclipse

Built from

• tiro — prefix · away, hidden
  Expresses the sense of being turned away or concealed from view, imagery of obscuration and concealment.
• bhāv — root · to be, become, state
  The root √bhū "to be" yields bhāva, the abstract noun for becoming, state, or condition.
• a — ending · masculine nominative stem
  Masculine -a stem nominative, here inflected to the accusative singular -aṁ in this surface form.

Analysis. tiro (away, hidden) + bhāva (becoming, state). The prefix tiro- conveys the sense of being turned away or hidden; combined with bhāva (state or becoming), it denotes the state of disappearing or being concealed from view.

Etymology. tiro- (away, hidden; cognate with Latin tergo "turn away", obscure) + bhāva (becoming, state, from √bhū "to be"). The compound describes the condition of being out of sight or eclipsed. Used in the Pali canon especially of the Buddha's parinibbāna as his disappearance from the world.

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

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