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udakarahadassa

udakarahada

masc dat sg of udakarahada (noun); masc gen sg of udakarahada (noun)

1. lake; deep pool of water; lit. water pool

Built from

• ud — prefix · up, out
  Directional prefix: water flows up and out from springs, or outward into a pool. Cognate with English out, German aus.
• ak — root · flow
  Motion root: the flowing nature of water. Related to Sanskrit √añc and udaka (water itself).
• a — ending · neuter/masculine
  Nominalizing suffix deriving an action noun; here masculinized in compounds.
• rahada — stem · pool, lake
  A hollow place where water collects; possibly from √radh (to excavate, make hollow). Appears as a standalone noun for body of water in Pali texts.

Analysis. udaka (water) + rahada (pool, lake); a compound of two nouns denoting a body of water formed by the coming together of water into a hollow.

Etymology. udaka < ud- (up, out) + √ak (flowing motion), related to Sanskrit udaka and Indo-European roots seen in English water, Latin unda (wave). rahada is related to Sanskrit radh- (to hollow out, excavate) and may be connected to Proto-Indo-European *retā- (to dig, scratch); the sense is 'hollowed place' where water collects.

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

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