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vijjābhāgiyā

vijjābhāgiya

masc nom pl of vijjābhāgiya (adj); fem nom sg of vijjābhāgiya (adj); fem nom pl of vijjābhāgiya (adj); nt nom pl of vijjābhāgiya (adj); …

1. related to wisdom; pertaining to understanding; playing a part in knowledge

Built from

• vi — prefix · apart, distinctly
  Prefix denoting clarity and separation. The spatial sense of things pulled apart becomes the abstract sense of distinct, differentiated knowing.
• jjā — root · knowledge, knowing
  From √vid 'to see, know', with gemination from the prefix. Cognate with Sanskrit veda, English wit, Latin vidēre, Greek oida—all from the Indo-European root *wid-.
• bhāgiya — ending · sharing in, pertaining to
  Suffix -iya forming adjectives meaning 'sharing in' or 'having a part in'. Derived from bhāga 'share, portion'. Marks the word as an adjective denoting participation or belonging.

Analysis. vi-jjā-bhāgiya: vi- (apart, distinctly) + jjā (knowledge, < √vid see) + bhāgiya (sharing in, having a part in). The compound means 'sharing distinctly in knowledge' or 'constituting a distinct part of wisdom'.

Etymology. vijjā from √vid 'to see, know' (Sanskrit veda, English wit, Latin vidēre, Greek oida). bhāgiya from bhāga 'share, part' (cf. bhajati 'to divide, allot'). The prefix vi- sharpens the sense of distinction: what belongs distinctly or properly to the realm of knowledge.

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

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