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vaṇamukhaṁ

vaṇamukha

neuter nominative singular

1. wound-opening
2. entrance of a sore
3. place of ulceration

Built from

• vaṇa — stem · wound, sore
  A skin lesion or ulceration; the etymological root is related to Sanskrit vraṇa.
• mukha — stem · opening, mouth, entrance
  From √muc 'to release, open'; here used spatially for the aperture or visible opening of the wound.
• ṁ — ending · nominative singular
  Neuter nominative singular ending, marking the subject or predicate nominative in this grammatical form.

Analysis. vaṇa (wound, sore) + mukha (opening, mouth, entrance); a medical or descriptive term for the opening or mouth of a wound or ulcer.

Etymology. vaṇa is cognate with Sanskrit vraṇa (wound); mukha (opening, face, mouth) is from √muc (to release, open), cognate with English much and Latin mucus. The compound uses the spatial sense of mukha as the aperture or entrance of a disease site.

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

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