Pāli Dictionary

khādā

khādrootāsuffix

Part of speech

noun · feminine

Root

khād1හපන්න

general

  • ආහාර; ආහාරපාන; (අටුවාවේ) ආහාර හා වැටුප

  • food; cuisine; (in commentaries) food and wages

  • Snp 4.8

    sūro yathā rājakhādāya puṭṭho, abhigajjam'eti paṭisūram'icchaṃ, yen'eva so tena palehi sūra, pubb'eva n'atthi yadidaṃ yudhāya.

khādati

approximate

khādrootasuffix

via inflected form khāda · 2nd person·imperative singular

Part of speech

verb

Synonyms

gilati

general

  • හපයි; කයි; ගිල දමයි

  • chews; bites; eats; devours

  • Dhp 240

    ayasā'va malaṃ samuṭṭhitaṃ, tat'uṭṭhāya tam'eva khādati, evaṃ atidhonacārinaṃ, sāni kammāni nayanti duggatiṃ.

  • SN 20.10

    bhūtapubbaṃ, bhikkhave, biḷāro sandhisamalasaṅkaṭīre ṭhito ahosi mudumūsiṃ maggayamāno, yadā'yaṃ mudumūsi gocarāya pakkamissati, tatth'eva naṃ gahetvā khādissāmī'ti.

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