[Buddha-l] Pali for Teacher

[Stefan Detrez]

>
> It does indeed mean teacher. It begins with a long 'a' and you will
> find it there in the dictionaries. 'Achan' and 'ajahn' aare two
> different romanizations of the same Thai word. I think it is derived
> from the Pali aacariya or Sanskrit aacaarya.


I'd opt for the possibility that ajaan is derived from the Sanskrit
honorific meaning 'unborn', a-: not, jan: ti be born, to be (pro-)created.

Stefan
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