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uyyāne

uyyāna

nt acc pl of uyyāna (noun); nt loc sg of uyyāna (noun)

1. park; pleasure grove; lit. going out

Built from

• ud — prefix · out, up
  Upward and outward motion. Cognate: English out, German aus.
• yāna — stem · going, vehicle
  From root √yā 'go'. The sense shifts from the act of going to a place for going — hence a park as a place for outings.

Analysis. ud + yāna: 'going out' — a place for outings, a garden or park where one goes for recreation and freedom.

Etymology. Compound of ud 'up, out' (cognate English out, German aus) + yāna 'going, vehicle' (from √yā 'go'). The prefix ud- originally denoted motion upward and outward; here it captures the sense of venturing forth, stepping outside. Sanskrit equivalent udyāna.

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

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