Pāli Dictionary

bahuka

bahrootusuffixkasuffix

Part of speech

adjective

Root

bah1be outside

Synonyms

bahu

Antonyms

thoka

general

  • many; numerous; a lot (of)

  • SN 1.33

    dānañ'ca yuddhañ'ca samānam'āhu, app'āpi santā bahuke jinanti, appam'pi ce saddahāno dadāti, ten'eva so hoti sukhī paratthā'ti.

  • a large amount; a substantial portion

  • SN 16.4

    thokaṃ denti, no bahukaṃ … lūkhaṃ denti, no paṇītaṃ… dandhaṃ denti, no sīghaṃ, tena bhikkhu sandīyati, so tatonidānaṃ dukkhaṃ domanassaṃ paṭisaṃvedayati.

approximate

Compound structure

analyses: 2

bahūkā
  1. bahūbahu

    many; much; abundant; (as noun) a large quantity, many people; (as adverb) greatly, very much

  2. kā

    who?; what?; which?; which woman? (interrogative pronoun, feminine singular nominative of ‘ka’)

bahūekā
  1. bahūbahu

    many; much; abundant; (as noun) a large quantity, many people; (as adverb) greatly, very much

  2. ekā

    one; first; single; alone; unique

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