CONCISE PALI-ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Abbreviations a. hay adj Adjective abs. Absolutive ad. Adverb aor. Aorist cpds. Compounds conj. Conjunction caus. Causative Deno. Denominative verb Des. Desiderative

– A – a : [prefix] prefix ā shortened before a double consonant e.g. ā + kosati = akkosati; a negative prefixed to

– Ā – ākaṅkhati : [ā + kakh + ṃ-a] wishes for; desires. ākaṅkhana : [nt.] longing; wish; desire. ākaṅkhā : [f.] longing; wish; desire. ākaṅkhi : [aor. of ākaṅkhati] wished for;

– I – ikkhaṇika : [m.] fortune-teller. || ikkhaṇikā (f.), female fortune-teller. ikkhati : [ikkh +a] looks at. ikkhana : [nt.] seeing; looking at. ikkhi : [aor. of ikkhati] looked at. iṅgita : [nt.] gesture;

– Ī – īgha : [m.] distress; danger. īdisa : [adj.] such; such-like. īrati : [īr + a] moves; shakes; stirs. īri : [aor. of īrati] moved; shook; stirred. īrita : [pp. of īrati] moved;

– U – ukkaṃsa : [m.] excellence; superiority. ukkaṃsaka : [adj.] exalting; praising. ukkaṃsanā : [f.] extolling; eulogising. ukkaṃseti : [u + kas + e] exalts; praises. ukkaṃsesi : [aor. of ukkaṃseti] exalted; praised. ukkaṭṭha : [adj.] 1.

– Ū – ūkā : [f.] a louse. ūna : [adj.] less; minus; wanting; deficient. ūnaka : [adj.] less; minus; wanting; deficient. ūnatā : [f.] deficiency. ūnatta : [nt.] deficiency. ūpabrūhita : [pp. of upabrūheti] increased; expanded. ūpayutta : [pp.

– E – eka : [adj.] same; certain; unknown. (used for the indefinite article). One, (only in the sing.). in plural it gives

– O – oka : [nt.] 1. water; 2. abode; habitation. okappaniya : [adj.] trustworthy. okampetvā : [abs. of okampeti] having shaken. okāra : [m.] lowliness; degradation. okāsa : [m.] room; open space; chance; permission.

– K – ka : [from interrogative pron. kiṃ] who; what; which. || kā (f.), which woman? kaṃ : [nt.] what thing? kaṃsa : [m.] a plate to eat

– Kh – kha : [nt.] space; sky. khaga : [m.] a bird. khagga : [m.] a sword. khaggakosa : [m.] sheath for a sword. khaggatala : [nt.] blade of a sword. khaggadhara : [adj.] bearing a sword.

– G – gagana : [nt.] the sky. gaganagāmī : [adj.] flying through the sky. gaggarā : [f.] name of a lake. gaggarāyati : [deno. from gaggarī] bellows; roars. gaggarī : [f.] blacksmith’s bellows. gaṅgā : [f.] river;

– Gh – ghaṃsita : [pp. of ghaṃseti] rubbed or knocked against. ghaṃseti : [ghaṃs + e] rubs or knocks against. ghaṃsesi : [aor. of ghaṃseti] rubbed or knocked

– C – ca : [copulative or disjunctive particle] and; then; now. cakita : [adj.] disturbed; afraid. cakora : [m.] the francolin partridge. cakka : [nt.] a wheel; circle; disc; cycle; command.

– Ch – cha : [adj.] six. chakana : [nt.] the dung of animals. chakalaka : [m.] a he-goat. chakka : [nt.] a set of six. chakkhattuṃ : [adv.] six times. chagalaka : [m.] a he-goat. chacattāḷīsati : [f.] forty-six. chaṭṭha : [adj.] sixth.

– J – jagati : [f.] the earth; the world. jagatippadesa : [m.] a spot on the earth. jagatiruha : [m.] a tree. jagiṃsanta : [pr.p. of] wishing to have. jaggati : [jagg +

– Jh – jhatvā : [abs.] having burnt. || jhatvā = jhāpetvā. jhasa : [m.] a fish. jhāna : [nt.] concentration of mind; meditation (on a religious subject). jhānaṅga : [nt.] a