Pāli Dictionary

māṇavaka

māṇavastemkasuffix

Part of speech

noun · masculine

Synonyms

kumāra

general

  • junger Mann; Jüngling; Jugendlicher (typischerweise ein brahmanischer Jüngling oder Schüler)

  • a young man; a youth; a young lad (typically a Brahmin youth or student)

  • MN 91

    atha kho brahm'āyu brāhmaṇo aññataraṃ māṇavakaṃ āmantesi, ehi tvaṃ, māṇavaka, yena samaṇo gotamo ten'upasaṅkama

approximate

Compound structure

analyses: 2

mānavakā
  1. mānava

    ein junger Mann; ein junger Brahmane

  2. kā

    wer? was? welche? welche Frau? (Interrogativpronomen, Femininum Singular Nominativ von ‚ka‘)

mānavakā
  1. māna

    Stolz; Arroganz; Hochmut; Dünkel

  2. vakāvaka

    Wolf

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