Where does “阿羅漢” come from?
阿羅漢 (Chinese) comes from Pali arahant, from Sanskrit अर्हत्, from Sanskrit अर्हति, from Proto-Indo-Iranian Hárǰʰati, from Proto-Indo-European h₂elgʷʰ- — to be worth; value; gain; to cost, have value.
阿羅漢 (Chinese): arhat
Definitions
- arhat
Ancestry of “阿羅漢”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pali | arahant | honorific for an ascetic; His Majesty; majestic,... |
| 2 | Sanskrit | अर्हत् | deserving, entitled to; able, allowed to; worthy,... |
| 3 | Sanskrit | अर्हति | to be worth; to merit, to be worthy of, to... |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | Hárǰʰati | to be worth, have value; to cost |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂elgʷʰ- | to be worth; value; gain; to cost, have value |