Sāya [cf. Sanskrit sāyaṃ, on which Abhidh-r-m page 380, remarks: "This word seems to be the gerund of sā, and to have signified originally "having finished." A masculine sāya does not exist." cf. Vedic °sāya] evening, only adverbially sāyaṃ, at night Vin III 147; Ja II 83; Dhp-a I 234; usually opposed to pāto (pātaṃ) in the morning, early e.g. sāya-pātaṃ D II 188; Miln 419; Ja I 432, 460; V 462; sāyaṃ-pātaṃ Vin II 185; Dhp-a II 66; sāyañ ca pāto ca Pv I 6 3 ; II 9 37 ; Pv-a 127; sāya-tatiyaka for the third time in the evening D I 167; A II 206; V 263, 266, 268; M I 343; sāyamāsa supper Ja I 297; V 461; Dhp-a I 204. sāyaṃ as quasi-nominative: sāyaṃ ahosi Ja VI 505; atisāyaṃ too late Thag 231; Ja II 362; V 94; sāyataraṃ later in the evening (comparative) Ja VI 366.
(nt, nt) evening; night; late in the day Construction: √sā + ya