Pāli Dictionary

dhāva

dhāvrootasuffix

Part of speech

noun · masculine

Root

dhāv1දුවන්න; ප්රවාහය

Synonyms

dhāvana

general

  • (අශ්වයෙකුගේ) වේගයෙන් දිවීම

  • galloping, dashing (esp. of a horse)

  • MN 65

    yato kho, bhaddāli, bhadro ass'ājānīyo abhiṇhakāraṇā anupubbakāraṇā tasmiṃ ṭhāne parinibbuto hoti, tam'enaṃ assadamako uttari kāraṇaṃ kāreti anukkame maṇḍale khurakāse dhāve davatte rājaguṇe rājavaṃse uttame jave uttame haye uttame sākhalye.

  • දිවීම; ධාවනය

  • running; racing; a race

dhava1

approximate

Part of speech

noun · masculine

general

  • ගසක් වර්ගයක් (Anogeissus latifolia)

  • the axle-wood tree (Anogeissus latifolia)

  • AN 3.69

    seyyathā'pi, bhikkhave, sālo vā dhavo vā phandano vā tīhi māluvālatāhi uddhasto pariyonaddho anayaṃ āpajjati, byasanaṃ āpajjati, anayabyasanaṃ āpajjati.

dhava2

approximate

Part of speech

noun · masculine

general

  • සැමියා

  • a husband

dhāvati

dhāvroot

via inflected form dhāva · 2nd person·imperative singular

Part of speech

verb

Root

dhāv1දුවන්න; ප්රවාහය

Synonyms

paribbajati, paleti, palāyati, ādhāvati

general

  • දුවයි; වේගයෙන් ‍යයි

  • runs; races; sprints; flies (to)

  • Dhp 344

    yo nibbanatho van'ādhimutto, vanamutto vanam'eva dhāvati, taṃ puggalam'etha passatha, mutto bandhanam'eva dhāvati.

  • Snp 4.15

    yena sallena otiṇṇo, disā sabbā vidhāvati, tam'eva sallam'abbuyha, na dhāvati na sīdati.

  • පලා ‍යයි

  • runs away; flees

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