Pāli Dictionary

pāṭikaṅkhati

patiprefixkaṅkhrootasuffix

Part of speech

verb

Root

kaṅkh1wish for

Synonyms

ākaṅkhati, icchati, āgameti, kaṅkhati

general

  • wishes for; desires; expects

  • Ja 522

    gandho isīnaṃ ciradikkhitānaṃ, kāyā cuto gacchatu mālutena, vicitrapupphaṃ surabhiṃ'va mālaṃ, gandhañ'ca etaṃ pāṭikaṅkhāma bhante, na h'ettha devā paṭikkūlasaññino.

paṭikaṅkhati

approximate

paṭiprefixkaṅkharoottisuffix

Part of speech

verb

Root

kaṅkh1wish for

Synonyms

āgameti, kaṅkhati

Antonyms

nappaṭikaṅkhati

general

  • expects; anticipates; personally wishes for

  • MN 91

    so bhuttāvī anumodati, na taṃ bhattaṃ garahati, na aññaṃ bhattaṃ paṭikaṅkhati, añña'd'atthu dhammiyā kathāya taṃ parisaṃ sandasseti samādapeti samuttejeti sampahaṃseti.

  • Thag 17.2

    n'ābhinandāmi maraṇaṃ, n'ābhinandāmi jīvitaṃ, kālañ'ca paṭikaṅkhāmi, nibbisaṃ bhatako yathā.

approximate

Compound structure

analyses: 2

pāṭikaṅkhaiti
  1. pāṭikaṅkha

    to be expected; to be desired; anticipated; likely

  2. iti

    thus; in this way; so; like this

paṭikaṅkhaiti
  1. paṭikaṅkhapaṭikaṅkhati

    expects; anticipates; personally wishes for

  2. iti

    thus; in this way; so; like this

Found an error in the dictionary?