yāvañcidaṁ

yāva

indeclinable particle with neuter singular demonstrative pronoun (yāvañcidaṁ = yāva + añcid + aṁ); used as a temporal or extent marker

as long as, so long as
for the duration of
to the extent that

Analysis. yāva (how long, as far as) + añcid (any, whatsoever: a + nci + d, with emphatic particles) + aṁ (neuter accusative singular), literally 'for as long as any'; used to express the span or measure of time or extent within a period

Etymology. yāva is from Indo-European *yō- (relative pronoun stem, as in English 'who', Latin quis); the construction yāvañcidaṁ introduces temporal or limiting clauses typical of Buddhist Pali narrative, esp. in the suttas

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

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