Pāli Dictionary

paṭikaṅkhati

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.

pāṭikaṅkhati

approximate

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.

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

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