Pāli Dictionary

pāhunaka1

paprefixāprefixhurootanasuffixkasuffix

Part of speech

noun · neuter

Root

hu1pour; offer as oblation

monastic

  • meal or gift ceremonially prepared for a guest; gift-giving offering

  • SN 4.18

    tena kho pana samayena pañcasālāyaṃ brāhmaṇagāme kumārikānaṃ pāhunakāni bhavanti.

pāhunaka2

pāhunastemkasuffix

Part of speech

noun · masculine

Synonyms

āgata, upasaṅkamitar, āgantar, atithi, pāhuna

general

  • guest; visitor

approximate

Compound structure

analyses: 1

pāhuṇakā
  1. pāhuṇa

    a guest

  2. kā

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

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