Pāli Dictionary

māṇavaka

māṇavastemkasuffix

Part of speech

noun · masculine

Synonyms

kumāra

general

  • 青年；少年；年輕人（常指婆羅門青年或學徒）

  • 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

    青年；年輕的婆羅門（學生）

  2. kā

    誰？什麼？哪個？哪個女人？（疑問代詞，ka 的陰性單數主格）

mānavakā
  1. māna

    慢；傲慢；自負；自我膨脹

  2. vakāvaka

    狼

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