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udakarahado

udakarahada

masc nom sg of udakarahada (noun)

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

Built from

• uda — root · water
  From IE *wed-. Cognates: English water, Latin unda, Sanskrit udaka. The concrete image is flowing or standing water.
• ka — ending · nominalizing suffix
  Forms nouns from roots; here already lexicalized in the stem udaka.
• rahada — root · pool, basin
  A hollow or depression holding water; etymology uncertain, but the sense is concrete—a natural or artificial basin.

Analysis. udaka (water) + rahada (pool); from uda- (water, stem of udaka) + rahada (basin, depression).

Etymology. udaka from Indo-European *wed- (water), cognate with English water, Latin unda, Sanskrit udaka. rahada is of uncertain origin but denotes a hollow or basin; the compound's literal sense is 'water-basin' or 'water-pool'.

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

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