Pāli Dictionary

māṇavaka

māṇavastemkasuffix

Part of speech

noun · masculine

Synonyms

kumāra

general

  • 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

    a young man; a young gentleman; a young Brahman student

  2. kā

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

mānavakā
  1. māna

    pride; conceit; arrogance; egotism

  2. vakāvaka

    a wolf

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