Pāli Dictionary

nagara

Part of speech

noun · neuter

general

  • 城市；城镇；都城（尤指国王所在之都）

  • town; city; capital; especially the seat of a king

  • 要塞；城堡；堡垒；城防

  • fortress; citadel; stronghold; fortification

  • DN 16

    seyyathā'pi, bhante, rañño paccantimaṃ nagaraṃ daḷh'uddhāpaṃ daḷhapākāratoraṇaṃ ekadvāraṃ, tatr'assa dovāriko paṇḍito viyatto medhāvī aññātānaṃ nivāretā ñātānaṃ pavesetā.

  • Ud 8.6

    tena kho pana samayena sunidhavassakārā magadhamah'āmattā pāṭaligāme nagaraṃ māpenti vajjīnaṃ paṭibāhāya.

nāgara

approximate

nagarastemasuffix

Part of speech

adjective

general

  • 属于城市的；文雅的，有礼貌的

  • belonging to a city or town; urbane, civil, polite

  • MN 52

    evaṃ me sutaṃ, ekaṃ samayaṃ āyasmā ānando vesāliyaṃ viharati beluvagāmake. tena kho pana samayena dasamo gahapati aṭṭhakanāgaro pāṭaliputtaṃ anuppatto hoti kenaci'd'eva karaṇīyena.

  • 市民；城里人

  • a citizen; a townsman, city-dweller

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