Pāli Dictionary

avara

avaprefixrasuffix

Part of speech

adjective

Synonyms

ittara, oraka, lāmaka, avabhūta

Antonyms

vara

general

  • පහත් වූ; අඩු

  • inferior; low; below

  • Snp 5.4

    saṅkhāya lokasmi paro-avarāni, yass'iñjitaṃ n'atthi kuhiñci loke, santo vidhūmo anīgho nirāso, atāri so jātijaranti brūmī'ti.

  • පසුව එන; බටහිර දිශාවේ

  • later; posterior; western; younger

  • Snp 5.4

    saṅkhāya lokasmi paro-avarāni, yass'iñjitaṃ n'atthi kuhiñci loke, santo vidhūmo anīgho nirāso, atāri so jātijaranti brūmī'ti.

āvarati

approximate

āprefixvarrootasuffix

via inflected form āvara · 2nd person·imperative singular

Part of speech

verb

Root

var1ආවරණය; ඇඳුම; සීමා කරන්න

Synonyms

pidahati, thaketi, nimīleti

general

  • වහයි, අවහිර කරයි

  • shuts, closes, shuts out, obstructs, withholds

  • MN 56

    dovārikaṃ āmantesi, ajja't'agge, samma dovārika, āvarāmi dvāraṃ nigaṇṭhānaṃ nigaṇṭhīnaṃ, anāvaṭaṃ dvāraṃ bhagavato bhikkhūnaṃ bhikkhunīnaṃ upāsakānaṃ upāsikānaṃ.

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