Pāli Dictionary

āvaṭa

āprefixvarroottasuffix

Part of speech

adjective

Root

var1couvrir; habiller; retenir

Synonyms

channa, paṭicchanna, saṃvuta, pihita, oguṇṭhita, chādita, āvarita

Antonyms

anāvaṭa

general

  • ferme; verrouille; barre

  • closed; shut; barred

  • MN 56

    āvaṭaṃ dvāraṃ nigaṇṭhānaṃ nigaṇṭhīnaṃ, anāvaṭaṃ dvāraṃ bhagavato bhikkhūnaṃ bhikkhunīnaṃ upāsakānaṃ upāsikānaṃ.

  • couvert; dissimule; voile

  • covered; concealed; screened; veiled

  • MN 85

    paṭisotagāmiṃ nipuṇaṃ, gambhīraṃ duddasaṃ aṇuṃ, rāgarattā na dakkhanti, tamokhandhena āvaṭā'ti.

  • interdit; exclu

  • prohibited; excluded; shut off (from something)

monastic

  • une interdiction; une exclusion

  • a prohibition; an exclusion

  • DN 3

    apinu'ssa itthīsu āvaṭaṃ vā assa anāvaṭaṃ vā'ti? anāvaṭaṃ hi'ssa, bho gotama.

āvāṭa

approximate

Part of speech

noun · masculine

Synonyms

kūpa, nema, opāta

general

  • fosse; trou; tranchée

  • a pit; a hole; a trench (dug in the ground)

  • MN 66

    bhūtapubbaṃ, bhante, bhikkhū ratt'andhakāratimisāyaṃ piṇḍāya carantā candanikam'pi pavisanti, oligalle'pi papatanti, kaṇṭak'āvāṭam'pi ārohanti, suttam'pi gāviṃ ārohanti, māṇavehi'pi samāgacchanti katakammehi'pi akatakammehi'pi, mātugāmo'pi te asaddhammena nimanteti.

  • fosse-piège pour animaux

  • a pit trap for catching animals

approximate

Compound structure

analyses: 3

navaṭā
  1. na

    ne … pas; non; ni … ni (particule négative)

  2. vaṭāvaṭa

    le banian (figuier des banians)

navātā
  1. na

    ne … pas; non; ni … ni (particule négative)

  2. vātāvāta

    vent; air

navāṭā
  1. na

    ne … pas; non; ni … ni (particule négative)

  2. vāṭāvāṭa

    enclos; terrain clôturé

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