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Pāli Primer

Lily de Silva, M.A., Ph.D.
University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka

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Glossary (English - Pāli)

A

accompany : bhajati / parivāreti
action : kamma
address : āmanteti
admonish : anusāsati / ovadati
advice : ovāda
advise : ovadati
again : puna
all : sabba
alms : dāna
ancient : pubbaka
and : ca
(be) angry : kujjhati
animal : pasu
anthill : vammika
approach : upasaṅkamati
arrow : sara
arts (and sciences) : sippa
assemble : sannipatati
assembly : sabhā
attain : pāpuṇāti / pappoti
avoid : parivejjeti
axe : pharasu

B

banana : kadalī
bamboo : veḷu
bank : tīra
banker : seṭṭhī
bathe : nahāyati
basket : piṭaka
beak : tuṇḍa
because : yato / yasmā
become : bhavati / hoti
bed : mañca
bee : bhamara / madhukara
beg : yācati
beggar : yācaka
belly : kucchi
benevolent one : atthaññū
between : antarā
bind : bandhati
bird : sakuṇa / pakkhī
bite : ḍasati
boat : doṇi
body : kāya
book : potthaka
(be) born : uppajjati
bow : dhanu
bowl : patta
box : mañjūsā
boy : kumāra
brahmin : brāhmaṇa
branch : sākhā
break : bhindati / bhañjati
bridge : setu
bring : āharati / āneti / āvahati
broom : sammajjanī
brother : bhātu
Buddha : Tathāgata / Sugata / Bhagavā
buy : kiṇāti

C

cage : pañjara
call : pakkosati
can : sakkoti
carpenter : vaḍḍhakī
carry : harati
cart : sakaṭa
caste : kula
cave : guhā
charioteer : sārathī
chase after : anubandhati
chief : adhipati
child : dāraka
city : nagara
clever : dakkha
climb : āruhati
close : thaketi
cloth : vattha / dussa / sāṭaka
collect : ocināti / saṃharati
colourful : vaṇṇavantu
come : āgacchati
compassionate : kāruṇika
conceal : chādeti / paṭicchādeti
console : samassāseti
converse : sallapati
cook : pacati
corn : dhañña
cow : gāvī / dhenu
cow elephant : kaṇeru
create : māpeti
creeper : latā
cross : tarati / uttarati
crow : kāka
curd : dadhi
cut : chindati

D

dance : naccati
daughter : dārikā / dhītu / duhitu
(is) dear : piyāyati
deer : miga
defeat : parājeti
deity : deva / devatā / sura
delight : modati
demerit : akusala / pāpa
depart : nikkhamati
descend : otarati / oruhati
destroy : nāseti
develop : vaḍḍheti
dig : khaṇati
disciple : sāvaka
disciplinarian : vinetu
discuss : manteti
dispatch : peseti / pahiṇāti
distribute : vibhajati
do : karoti
do not : (with imperative)
doctrine : dhamma
doer : kattu
dog : kukkura / sunakha / soṇa
door : dvāra
drink : pivati / pibati
drinking water : pānīya
drives : pājeti
dwells : viharati / vasati

E

ear : sota
eat : khādati / bhuñjati
eczema : daddu
elephant : hatthī / karī
elements : dhātu
eminent person : pabhū
enemy : sattu, ari
enjoy : bhuñjati
enter : pavisati
entire : sakala
estate : vatthu
evil : pāpa
evil one : māra
expects : ākaṅkhati / pattheti
explain : vyākaroti
explore : pariyesati
eye : akkhi / cakkhu / locana / nayana

F

face : mukha
faith : saddhā
fall : patati
famous : yasavantu
fast : sīghaṃ
father : pitu
fear : bhāyati
feel : vindati
feel compassionate : anukampati
fell : pāteti
field : khetta
fill : pūreti
finger : anguli
fire : aggi
firewood :dāru
fish : maccha
fisherman : dhīvara
fist : muṭṭhi
flag : ketu
flame : acci
flower : kusuma / puppha
flower altar : pupphāsana
fly : uḍḍeti / uppatati
follow :anugacchati / anubandhati
food : bhojana / khādanīya/ bhojanīya
foot : pāda
foot of tree : rukkhamūla
forest : arañña / vana / aṭavi
form (object) : rūpa
friend : mitta / sahāya(ka)
friend (female) : sakhī
fruit : phala
fulfil : samijjhati

G

gain : lābha
garland : mālā
garment : sāṭaka / vattha
gem : maṇi
generous one : vadaññū
get : labhati
ghee : sappi
girl : dārikā / kaññā / kumārī / yuvati
give : dadāti / deti
giver : dātu
go : gacchati
goat : aja
goer : gantu
gold : suvaṇṇa / hirañña
good man : sappurisa
goods : bhaṇḍa
grass : tiṇa
ground : bhūmi
gruel : yāgu
guest : atithi

H

hall : sālā
hand : hattha
happy one : sukhi
happily : sukhaṃ
harass : pīḷeti
harm : hiṃsati
head : sīsa
heap : rāsi
heaven : sagga
hermit : tāpasa
hide : chādeti / paṭicchādeti
Himalaya : himavantu
hit : paharati
hoe : kuddāla
hoist : ussāpeti
honey : madhu
honour : pūjeti / vandati
hope : pattheti / ākaṅkhati
horse : assa
house : nivāsa / geha / ghara
householder : gahapati
how : kathaṃ / yathā
how far : yāva... tāva
hunger : khudā
hunter : luddaka
husband : pati / bhattu / sāmī

I

I : ahaṃ
if : sace / yadi
illuminate : obhāseti
impermanent : anicca
indeed : addhā
inform : āroceti
intelligence : paññā
intelligent one : paññavantu / viññātu
invite : nimanteti / pakkosati
is : atthi / bhavati / hoti

J

jackal : sigāla

K

keep : ṭhapeti
kill : hanati / māreti
king : bhūpāla / bhūpati
kiss : cumbati
knee : jāṇu / jaṇṇu
know : jānāti
knowledgable man : vidū / viññū

L

lamp : dīpa
laugh : hasati
lay devotee : upāsaka
lead : neti / nayati
leader : netu
leaf : paṇṇa
learn : uggaṇhāti
leave : nikkhamati
leopard : dīpi
leper : kuṭṭhī
light : n, āloka / v, jāleti
lightning : asani
(is) like : viya
lion : sīha
liquor : surā
listen : suṇāti
listener : sotu
live : jīvati
living being : pāṇī
living long : dīghajīvī
look : oloketi
lotus : paduma
luscious : ojavantu

M

magic spell : manta
man : nara / purisa / manussa
mansion : pāsāda
many : bahu
mat : kilañjā
measure : n, nāḷi / v, mināti
merchant : vāṇija
merit : kusala / puñña
messenger : dūta
milk : n, khīra / v, duhati
mind : citta
minister : mantī
mix : sammisseti
moderate : mattaññū
monastery : vihāra
monk : samaṇa / bhikkhu
monkey : vānara / makkaṭa / kapi
moon : canda
morning : pabhāte
mother : ammā / mātu
mother:in:law : sassu
mountain : pabbata / giri
mouth : mukha
much : pahūta

N

neck : gīvā
nest : kulāvaka
new : nava
night : ratti
not : na
nourish : poseti

O

object : rūpa
ocean : samudda / udadhi / sindhu
oil : tela
omniscient : sabbaññū
open : vivarati
oppress : pīḷeti
or :
outcast : caṇḍāla
ox : goṇa

P

paddy : vīhi
palm : pāṇi
park : uyyāna
parrot : suka / suva
peacock : sikhī
piece : khaṇḍa
pig : varāha / sūkara
pit : āvāṭa / kāsu
plant : v, ropeti
play : v, kīḷati
(be) pleased : pasīdati
plough : kasati
poet : kavi
pollute : dūseti
pond : pokkharaṇī
pot : ghaṭa
powerful : balī / balavantu
preach : deseti
prepare : paṭiyādeti
prevent : nivāreti
protect : rakkhati
psychic power : iddhi
pull : ākaḍḍhati
pupil : sissa
purgatory : naraka
put : pakkhipati

Q

queen : rājinī
question : n, pañha / v, pucchati

R

ray : rasmi
receive : labhati
reciter : pavattu
reject : pajahati
relative : bandhu
release : muñcati
relic : dhātu
renounce : pabbajati
reptile : uraga
retinue : parisā
rice : bhatta / odana / taṇḍula
right : sammā
rise : udeti
river : nadī / vāri
road : magga
roam : āhiṇḍati / carati
robe : cīvara
room : ovaraka
rope : rajju
rule : pāleti
run : dhāvati

S

sage : isi / muni
sailor : nāvika
sand : vālukā
saw : kakaca
scatter : vikirati
science & arts : sippa
scold : vigarahati
sea : samudda / udadhi / sindhu
seat : āsana
see : passati
seed : bīja
sell : vikkiṇāti
send : peseti / pahiṇāti
serpent : sappa / ahi / uraga
servant : dāsa
sew : sibbati
shade / shadow : chāyā
ship : nāvā
shoot : vijjhati
shop : āpaṇa
sickness : vyādhi
sick person : gilāna
simile : upamā
since : yato
sing : gāyati
sister : bhagini
sit : nisīdatī
sky : ākāsa
sleep : sayati
smeared : upalitta
sometimes : kadāci karahaci
son : putta
song : gīta
soon : khippaṃ
sound : sadda
sow : vapati
speak : bhāsati / katheti
speaker : vattu
speech : kathā
spend : vissajjeti
spoil : dūseti
spoon : kaṭacchu
spread : pattharati
sprinkle : siñcati
stairway : sopāna
stand / stay : tiṭṭhati
steal : coreti
stone : pāsāṇa
suffering : dukkha
sugar:cane : ucchu
sun : suriya / ravi / bhānumantu
sweep : sammajjati
sweetmeat : modaka
sword : khagga / asi

T

take : ādadāti / gaṇhāti
take out : nīharati
tank : vāpi
taste : rasa
teach : vāceti
teacher : ācariya / garu / satthu
tear n. : assu
tempt : palobheti
then : tadā
there : tattha
therefore : tasmā
thief : cora
think : cinteti
thirst : pipāsā
thirsty : pipāsita
thunder : asani
thus : tathā
today : ajja
tongue : jivhā
touch : phusati
town : nagara
treasure : nidhi
tree : rukkha / taru
try : ussahati / vāyamati
throw : chaḍḍeti
truth : sacca
turn : pavatteti
tusker : dāṭhī
twenty : vīsati

U

uncle : mātula
understand : adhigacchati
until : yāva... tāva

V

various : nānā
vehicle : ratha
victor : jetu
village : gāma
virtue : sīla / guṇa
virtuous : guṇavantu / sīlavantu

W

wage : vetana
walking stick : yaṭṭhi
wander : āhiṇḍati / carati
wash : dhovati
washerman : rajaka
water : udaka / jala / pānīya
weak : dubbala
wealth : dhana / vasu
weep : rodati
when : yadā / kadā
whence : yato / kuto
where : yattha / kuhiṃ / kattha
why : yasmā / kasmā
wicked man : asappurisa
wife : bhariyā / vadhū
wife & children : puttadāra
win : jayati
wind : vāta
wisdom : paññā
wise man : vidū / viññū / paññavantu
wish : icchati / pattheti
with : saddhiṃ / saha
woman : itthī / nāri/ yuvati /vanitā
world : loka
worship : vandati / namassati
wrap : veṭheti
write : likhati

Y

you : tvaṃ (sg.) / tumhe (pl.)
young one : susu
young woman : yuvati


List of Verbs

Prefixes and roots of verbs are given in Sanskrit within brackets

akkosati (a + kṛś) : scolds
atthi (as) : is
adhigacchati (adhi + gam) : understands
anukampati (anu + kamp) : feels compassionate
anugacchati (anu + gam) : follows
anubandhati (anu + badh) : follows, chases after
anusāsati (anu + śās) : admonishes

ākaṅkhati (ā + kāṅkṣ) : expects
ākaḍḍhati (ā + kṛṣ?) : pulls, drags
āgacchati (ā + gam) : comes
ādadāti (ā + dā) : takes
āneti (ā + nī) : brings, leads
āmanteti (ā + denom. mantra) : addresses
āmasati (ā + mṛś) : touches, strokes
ārabhati (ā + rabh) : starts, commences
āruhati (ā + ruh) : climbs, ascends
āroceti (ā + ruc) : informs
āvahati (ā + vah) : brings forth
āsiñcati (ā + sic) : sprinkles
āharati (ā + hṛ) : brings
āhiṇḍati (ā + hiṇḍ) : roams, wanders

icchati (iṣ / āp) : wishes

uggaṇhāti (ud + gṛh) : learns
uṭṭhahati (ud + sthā) : stands up
uḍḍeti (ud + ḍī) : flies
uttarati (ud + tṛ) : crosses
udeti ( ud + i) : rises
upasaṅkamati (upa + saṃ + kram) : approaches
uppajjati (ud + pad) : is born
uppatati (ud + pad) : flies, jumps up
ussahati (ud + sah) : tries
ussāpeti (ud + śri) : hoist

ocināti (ava + ci) : collects, picks
otarati (ava + tṛ) : gets down, descends (into water)
obhāseti (ava + bhāṣ) : illuminates
oruhati (ava + ruh) : climbs down
oloketi (ava + lok) : looks at
ovadati (ava + vad) : advises

katheti (kath) : speaks
karoti (kṛ) : does, commits
kasati (kṛṣ) : ploughs
kiṇāti (krī) : buys
kīḷati (krīḍ) : plays
khaṇati (khaṇ) : digs
khādati (khād) : eats
khipati (kṣip) : throws
kujjhati (krudh) : gets angry

gacchati (gam) : goes
gaṇhāti (gṛh) : takes
gāyati (gai) : sings

carati (car) : wanders, conducts oneself
cavati (cyu) : departs, dies
cinteti (cit) : thinks
cumbati (cumb) : kisses
coreti (cur) : steals
chaḍḍeti (chaḍḍ) : throws away
chādeti (chad) : conceals
chindati (chid) : cuts

jānāti (jñā) : knows
jāleti (jval) : lights, kindles
jināti (ji) : wins
jīvati (jīv?) : lives

ṭhapeti (sthā) : places, keeps

ḍasati (ḍas) : bites, stings

tarati (tṛ) : crosses
tiṭṭhati (sthā) : stays, stands
thaketi (sthag) : closes, shuts

dadāti / deti (dā) : gives
dassati (dṛś) : to see
duhati (duh) : milks
dūseti (dūṣ) : spoils, pollutes
deseti (diś) : points out, instructs, preaches
dhāvati (dhāv) : runs
dhovati (dhov) : washes

naccati (nṛt) : dances
namassati (denom, namas) : worships, salutes
nahāyati (snā) : bathes
nāseti (naś) : destroys
nikkhamati (nis + kram) : leaves, renounces
nikkhipati (ni + kṣip) : throws away, puts down
nimanteti (ni + denom. mantra) : invites
nilīyati (ni+ lī) : hides
nivāreti (ni + vṛ) : prevents
nisidati (ni + sad) : sits
nīhareti (ni + hṛ) : takes out
neti (nī) : leads

pakkosati (pra + kṛṣ) : calls, summons
pakkhipati (pra + kṣip) : puts, places, deposits
pacati (pac) : cooks
pajahati (hā) : rejects, abandons
paṭicchādeti (prati + chad) : conceals, hides
paṭiyādeti (prati + yat) : prepares
patati (pat) : falls
pattharati (pra + stṛ) : spread
pattheti (pra + arth) : wishes, aspires
pappoti (see pāpuṇāti ) : attains
pabbajati (pra + vraj) : goes forth, renounces the world, gets ordained
parājeti (parā + ji) : defeats
pariyesati (pari + iṣ) : explores, searches
parivajjeti (pari + vṛj) : avoids
parivāreti (pari + vṛ) : accompanies
palobheti (pra + lubh) : tempts
pavatteti (pra + vṛt) : sets in motion
pavisati (pra + viś) : enters
pasīdati (pra + sad) : is pleased
passati (spaś) : sees
paharati (pra + hṛ) : hits, strikes
pahiṇāti (pra + hi) : dispatches
pājeti (pra + aj) : drives
pāteti (pat) : fells
pāpuṇāti (pra + āp) : attains
pāleti (pāl) : rules, governs
piyāyati (denom. piya) : is dear
pivati (pā) : drinks
pīḷeti (pīḍ) : oppresses
pucchati (pṛcch) : questions
pūjeti (pūj) : honours, worships
pūreti (pṛ) : fills
peseti (pra + iṣ) : sends
poseti (puṣ) : nourishes, looks after
phusati (sprś) : touches

bandhati (badh) : binds, ties
bhajati (bhaj) : keeps company
bhañjati (bhañj) : breaks
bhavati (bhū) : becomes
bhāyati (bhī) : fears
bhāsati (bhāṣ) : speaks
bhindati (bhid) : breaks
bhuñjati (bhuj) : eats, enjoys, partakes of

manteti (denom. mantra) : discusses, takes counsel
māpeti (mā) : creates, builds
māreti (mṛ) : kills
mināti (mā) : measures
muñcati (muc) : releases, frees
modati (mud) : takes delight

yācati (yac) : begs

rakkhati (rakṣ) : protects, observes /
rodati (rud) : cries, weeps
ropeti (rup) : plants

labhati (labh) : gets, receives
likhati (likh) : writes
vaḍḍheti (vṛdh) : developes, increases

vandati (vand) : worships
vapati (vap) : sows
vasati (vas) : dwells
vāceti (vac) : teaches
vāyamati (vi + ā + yam) : exerts, tries
vikkiṇāti (vi + krī) : sells
vijjhati (vyadh) : shoots
vindati (vid) : feels, experiences
vippakirati (vi + pra + kṛ\) : scatters
vibhajati (vi + bhaj) : distributes
vivarati (vi + vṛ) : opens
vissajjeti (vi + sṛj) : spends
viharati (vi + hṛ) : dwells
vihiṃsati (vi + hiṃs) : hurts, harms
viheṭheti (vi + hīḍ) : harasses
veṭheti (veṣṭ) : wraps
vyākaroti (vi + ā + kṛ) : explains

saṃharati (saṃ + hṛ) : collects
sakkoti (śak) : is able, can
sannipatati (saṃ + ni + pat) : assembles, gathers to- gether
samassāseti (saṃ + ā + śvas) : consoles, comforts
samijjhati (saṃ + ṛdh) : fulfils, succeeds
sammajjati (saṃ + mṛj) : sweeps
sammisseti (saṃ + denom. miśra) : mixes
sayati (śī) : sleeps
sallapati (saṃ + lap) : converses
sādiyati (svad) : enjoys
sibbati (sīv) : sews
suṇāti (śru) : listens, hears

hanati (han) : kills
harati (hṛ) : carries, takes away
hasati (has) : laughs
hoti (bhū) : is, becomes  


Pāli Vocabulary
(other than Verbs)

Abbreviations:

m = masculine;
f = feminine;
n = neuter;
adj = adjective;
ind = indeclinable particle;
adv = adverb
pron = pronoun

akusala, adj : demerit
akkhi, n : eye
aggi, m : fire
aṅguli, f : finger
acci, n : flame
aja, m : goat
ajja, ind : today
aṭavi, f : forest
aṭṭhi, n : bone
atithi, m : guest
atthaññū, m : benevolent person
addhā, ind : indeed, certainly
adhipati, m : chief
anicca, adj : impermanent
antarā, ind : between
amacca, m : minister
ambu, n : water
ammā, f : mother
arañña, n : forest
ari, m : enemy
asani, f : thunder
asappurisa, m : wicked man
asi, m : sword
assa, m : horse
assu, n : tear
ahaṃ, pron : I
ahi, m : serpent
ākāsa, m : sky
ākhu, m : mouse
ācariya, m : teacher
āpaṇa, n : shop
āloka, m : light
āvāṭa, m : pit
āsana, n : seat

itthi, f : woman
iddhi, f : psychic power
isi, m : sage

ucchu, m : sugar cane
udaka, n : water
udadhi, m : ocean, sea
upamā, f : simile
upalitta, mfn : smeared
upāsaka, m : lay devotee
uyyāna, n : park
uraga, m : reptile

odana, m : rice
ojavantu, adj : luscious
ovaraka, m : bed room
ovāda, n : advice

kakaca, m : saw
kaññā, f : girl
kaṭacchu, m : spoon
kaṇeru, f : cow / elephant
kattu, m : doer
kattha, adv : where
kathā, f : speech
kathaṃ, adv : how
kadalī, f : banana, plantain
kadā, adv : when
kadāci karahaci, adv : sometimes
kapi, m : monkey
kamma, n : action, deed
karī, m : elephant
kavi, m : poet
kasmā, adv : why
kāka, m : crow
kāya, m : body
kāruṇika, adj : compassionate
kāsu, f : pit
kilañjā, f : mat
kukkura, m : dog
kucchi, mf : belly
kuṭṭhī, m : leper
kuto, adv : whence
kutra, adv : where
kumāra, m : boy
kumārī, f : girl
kulavantu, adj : man of good family
kusala, adj : merit
kusuma, n : flower
kuhiṃ, adv : where
ketu, m : flag

khagga, m : sword
khaṇḍa, n : piece
khādanīya, n : food
khippaṃ, adv : soon
khīra, n : milk
khudā, f : hunger
khetta, n : field

Gangā, f : Ganges river
gantu, m : one who goes
garu, m : teacher
gahapati, m : householder
gāma, m : village
gāvī, f : cow
giri, m : mountain
gilāna, m : sick man
gīta, n : song
gīvā, f : neck
guṇavantu, adj : virtuous
guhā, f : cave
geha, n : house, home
goṇa, m : ox

ghaṭa, n : pot
ghara, n : house

ca, ind : and
cakkhu, n : eye
caṇḍāla, m : outcast
canda, m : moon
citta, n : mind
cīvara, n : robe
cora, m : thief
chāyā, f : shade, shadow

jāṇu / jaṇṇu, n : knee
jala, n : water
jāta, mfn : born
jivhā, f : tongue
jetu, m : victor

taṇḍula, n : raw rice
tato, adv : therefore
tattha, adv : there
tatra, adv : there
tathā, adv : thus
Tathāgata, m : the Buddha
tadā, adv : then
taru, m : tree
taruṇi, f : young woman
tasmā, adv : therefore
tāpasa, m : hermit
tāva, adv : so far, until
tiṇa, n : grass
tīra, n : bank
tuṇḍa, n : beak
tela, n : oil
tvaṃ, pron : you

dakkha, adj : clever
daddu, fn : eczema
dadhi, n : curd
dāṭhī, m : tusker
dātu, m : giver
dāna, n : alms
dāraka, m : child
dāru, n : firewood
dāsa, m : servant
dīghajīvī, m : one with long life
dīpa, m : island / lamp
dīpī, m : leopard
dukkhaṃ, adv : suffering
dubbala, adj : weak
dussa, n : cloth
duhitu, f : daughter
dūta, m : messenger
deva, m : deity
devatā, f : deity
devi, f : queen
doṇi, f : boat
dvāra, n : door

dhañña, n : corn
dhana, n : wealth
dhanu, n : bow
dhamma, m : doctrine
dhātu, f : relics, elements
dhītu, f : daughter
dhīvara, m : fisherman
dhenu, f : cow

na, ind : not
nagara, n : city, town
nadī, f : river
nayana, n : eye
nara, m : man
naraka, n : purgatory
nava, adj : new
nānā, ind : various
nārī, f : woman
nāḷi, f : a unit of measure
nāvā, f : ship
nāvika, m : sailor
nidhi, m : treasure
nivāsa, m : house
netu, m : leader

pakkhī, m : bird
pañjara, mn : cage
paññā, f : wisdom
pañha, m : question
paṇḍita, m : sage, wise man
paṇṇa, n : leaf
pati, m : husband
patta, m : bowl
patthanā, f : hope, expectation
paduma, n : lotus
pabbata, m : mountain
pabhāte, n : early morning
pabhū, m : eminent person
pasu, m : animal
parisā, f : retinue
pavattu, m : reciter
pahūta, adj : much
pāṇi, m : palm, hand
pāṇī, m : living being
pāda, m : foot
pānīya, n : drinking water
pāpa, n : evil
pāsāṇa, m : stone
pāsāda, m : mansion
pi, ind : too, also
piṭaka, m : basket
pitu, m : father
pipāsā, f : thirst
pipāsita, mfn : thirsty
puñña, n : merit
putta, m : son
puttadāra, m : children and wife
puna, ind : again
puppha, n : flower
pupphāsana, n : flower altar
pubbaka, mfn : ancient
purisa, m : man
pokkharaṇī, f : pond
potthaka, n : book

pharasu, m : axe
phala, n : fruit

bandhu, m : relative
balavantu, mfn : powerful
balī, m : powerful one
bahu, adj : many
bīja, n : seed
Buddha, m : the Buddha
buddhi, f : intelligence
brāhmaṇa, m : brahmin
brāhmaṇī, f : brahmin woman

bhaginī, f : sister
Bhagavā, m : the Buddha
bhaṇḍa, n : goods
bhatta, mn : rice
bhattu, m : husband
bhariyā, f : wife
bhātu, m : brother
bhānumā, m : sun
bhikkhu, m : monk
bhūpati, m : king
bhūpāla, m : king
bhūmi, f : ground
bhojana, n : food, meal
bhojanīya, n : soft food

makkaṭa, m : monkey
magga, m : road
maccha, m : fish
mañca, m : bed
mañjūsā, f : box
maṇi, m : gem
mattaññū, m : moderate, abstemious one
madhu, n : honey
madhukara, m : bee
manussa, m : man
manta, n : magic spell
mantī, m : minister
mā, ind : do not
mātu, f : mother
mātula, m : uncle
māra, m : the evil one
mālā, f : garland
miga, m : deer
mitta, mn : friend
mukha, n : face, mouth
muṭṭhi, m : fist
muni, m : sage
mūla, n : money
modaka, n : sweetmeat

yaṭṭhi, f : walking stick
yato, adv : since
yattha, adv : where
yatra, adv : where
yathā, adv : in which manner
yadā, adv : when
yadi, ind : if
yasavantu, mfn : famous
yasmā, adv : because
yāgu, f : gruel
yācaka, m : beggar
yāva, adv : how far
yuvati, f : young woman

rajaka, m : washerman
rajju, f : rope
ratti, f : night
ratha, m : vehicle, chariot
ravi, m : sun
rasa, n : taste
rasmi, f : ray
rājinī, f : queen
rāsi, m : heap
rukkha, m : tree
rukkhamūla, n : foot of tree
rūpa, n : form, object

latā, f : creeper
lābha, m : gain, profit
luddaka, m : hunter
loka, m : world
locana, n : eye

vaḍḍhakī, m : carpenter
vaṇṇavantu, mfn : colourful
vattu, m : speaker
vattha, n : cloth
vatthu, n : estate
vadaññū, m : generous one
vadhū, f : wife/daughter
vana, n : forest
vammika, mn : anthill
varāha, m : pig
vasu, n : wealth
vā, ind : or
vāṇija, m : merchant
vāta, m : wind
vānara, m : monkey
vāpī, f : tank
vāri, n : river
vālukā, f : sand
vijju, f : lightning
viññātu, m : knowledgeable man
viññū, m : wise man
vidū, m : wise man
vinetu, m : disciplinarian
viya, ind : like, similar
vihāra, m : monastery
vīsati : twenty
vīhi, m : paddy
vega, adj : speed
vetana, n : wage, pay
veḷu, m : bamboo
vyādhi, m : sickness

sakaṭa, m : cart
sakala, adj : entire
sakuṇa, m : bird
sakhī, f : female friend
sagga, n : heaven
sace, ind : if
sacca, n : truth
sattu, m : enemy
satthi, n : thigh
satthu, m : teacher
sadda, m : sound
saddhā, f : faith
saddhiṃ, ind : with
sappa, m : serpent
sappi, n : ghee
sappurisa, m : good man
sabba, mfn : all
sabaññū, m : all knowing one
sabhā, f : assembly
samaṇa, m : monk
samudda, m : sea, ocean
sammajjanī, f : broom
sammā, ind : well, right
sara, m : arrow
sassu, f : mother
saha, ind : with
sahāya (ka), m : friend
sākhā, f : branch
sāṭaka, m : garment
sāmī, m : husband
sārathī, m : charioteer
sālā, f : hall
sāvaka, m : disciple
sikhī, m : peacook
sigāla, m : jackal
sindhu, m : sea, ocean
sippa, n : arts and science
sissa, m : pupil
sīghaṃ, adv : fast
sīla, n : virtue
sīsa, n : head
sīha, m : lion
suka, m : parrot
sukhaṃ, adv : happily
sukhī, m : happy person
sugata, m : the Buddha
sunakha, m : dog
sura, m : deity
surā, f : liquor
suriya, m : sun
suva, m : parrot
suvaṇṇa, n : gold
susu, m : young one
sūkara, m : pig
seṭṭhi, m : banker
setu, n : bridge
soṇa, m : dog
sota, n : ear
sotu, m : listener
sopāna, m : stairway

hattha, m : hand
hatthī, m : elephant
himavantu, mfn : Himalaya
hirañña, n : gold

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Pāli Primer

Lily de Silva, M.A., Ph.D.
University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka

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Glossary (English - Pāli)

A

accompany : bhajati / parivāreti
action : kamma
address : āmanteti
admonish : anusāsati / ovadati
advice : ovāda
advise : ovadati
again : puna
all : sabba
alms : dāna
ancient : pubbaka
and : ca
(be) angry : kujjhati
animal : pasu
anthill : vammika
approach : upasaṅkamati
arrow : sara
arts (and sciences) : sippa
assemble : sannipatati
assembly : sabhā
attain : pāpuṇāti / pappoti
avoid : parivejjeti
axe : pharasu

B

banana : kadalī
bamboo : veḷu
bank : tīra
banker : seṭṭhī
bathe : nahāyati
basket : piṭaka
beak : tuṇḍa
because : yato / yasmā
become : bhavati / hoti
bed : mañca
bee : bhamara / madhukara
beg : yācati
beggar : yācaka
belly : kucchi
benevolent one : atthaññū
between : antarā
bind : bandhati
bird : sakuṇa / pakkhī
bite : ḍasati
boat : doṇi
body : kāya
book : potthaka
(be) born : uppajjati
bow : dhanu
bowl : patta
box : mañjūsā
boy : kumāra
brahmin : brāhmaṇa
branch : sākhā
break : bhindati / bhañjati
bridge : setu
bring : āharati / āneti / āvahati
broom : sammajjanī
brother : bhātu
Buddha : Tathāgata / Sugata / Bhagavā
buy : kiṇāti

C

cage : pañjara
call : pakkosati
can : sakkoti
carpenter : vaḍḍhakī
carry : harati
cart : sakaṭa
caste : kula
cave : guhā
charioteer : sārathī
chase after : anubandhati
chief : adhipati
child : dāraka
city : nagara
clever : dakkha
climb : āruhati
close : thaketi
cloth : vattha / dussa / sāṭaka
collect : ocināti / saṃharati
colourful : vaṇṇavantu
come : āgacchati
compassionate : kāruṇika
conceal : chādeti / paṭicchādeti
console : samassāseti
converse : sallapati
cook : pacati
corn : dhañña
cow : gāvī / dhenu
cow elephant : kaṇeru
create : māpeti
creeper : latā
cross : tarati / uttarati
crow : kāka
curd : dadhi
cut : chindati

D

dance : naccati
daughter : dārikā / dhītu / duhitu
(is) dear : piyāyati
deer : miga
defeat : parājeti
deity : deva / devatā / sura
delight : modati
demerit : akusala / pāpa
depart : nikkhamati
descend : otarati / oruhati
destroy : nāseti
develop : vaḍḍheti
dig : khaṇati
disciple : sāvaka
disciplinarian : vinetu
discuss : manteti
dispatch : peseti / pahiṇāti
distribute : vibhajati
do : karoti
do not : (with imperative)
doctrine : dhamma
doer : kattu
dog : kukkura / sunakha / soṇa
door : dvāra
drink : pivati / pibati
drinking water : pānīya
drives : pājeti
dwells : viharati / vasati

E

ear : sota
eat : khādati / bhuñjati
eczema : daddu
elephant : hatthī / karī
elements : dhātu
eminent person : pabhū
enemy : sattu, ari
enjoy : bhuñjati
enter : pavisati
entire : sakala
estate : vatthu
evil : pāpa
evil one : māra
expects : ākaṅkhati / pattheti
explain : vyākaroti
explore : pariyesati
eye : akkhi / cakkhu / locana / nayana

F

face : mukha
faith : saddhā
fall : patati
famous : yasavantu
fast : sīghaṃ
father : pitu
fear : bhāyati
feel : vindati
feel compassionate : anukampati
fell : pāteti
field : khetta
fill : pūreti
finger : anguli
fire : aggi
firewood :dāru
fish : maccha
fisherman : dhīvara
fist : muṭṭhi
flag : ketu
flame : acci
flower : kusuma / puppha
flower altar : pupphāsana
fly : uḍḍeti / uppatati
follow :anugacchati / anubandhati
food : bhojana / khādanīya/ bhojanīya
foot : pāda
foot of tree : rukkhamūla
forest : arañña / vana / aṭavi
form (object) : rūpa
friend : mitta / sahāya(ka)
friend (female) : sakhī
fruit : phala
fulfil : samijjhati

G

gain : lābha
garland : mālā
garment : sāṭaka / vattha
gem : maṇi
generous one : vadaññū
get : labhati
ghee : sappi
girl : dārikā / kaññā / kumārī / yuvati
give : dadāti / deti
giver : dātu
go : gacchati
goat : aja
goer : gantu
gold : suvaṇṇa / hirañña
good man : sappurisa
goods : bhaṇḍa
grass : tiṇa
ground : bhūmi
gruel : yāgu
guest : atithi

H

hall : sālā
hand : hattha
happy one : sukhi
happily : sukhaṃ
harass : pīḷeti
harm : hiṃsati
head : sīsa
heap : rāsi
heaven : sagga
hermit : tāpasa
hide : chādeti / paṭicchādeti
Himalaya : himavantu
hit : paharati
hoe : kuddāla
hoist : ussāpeti
honey : madhu
honour : pūjeti / vandati
hope : pattheti / ākaṅkhati
horse : assa
house : nivāsa / geha / ghara
householder : gahapati
how : kathaṃ / yathā
how far : yāva... tāva
hunger : khudā
hunter : luddaka
husband : pati / bhattu / sāmī

I

I : ahaṃ
if : sace / yadi
illuminate : obhāseti
impermanent : anicca
indeed : addhā
inform : āroceti
intelligence : paññā
intelligent one : paññavantu / viññātu
invite : nimanteti / pakkosati
is : atthi / bhavati / hoti

J

jackal : sigāla

K

keep : ṭhapeti
kill : hanati / māreti
king : bhūpāla / bhūpati
kiss : cumbati
knee : jāṇu / jaṇṇu
know : jānāti
knowledgable man : vidū / viññū

L

lamp : dīpa
laugh : hasati
lay devotee : upāsaka
lead : neti / nayati
leader : netu
leaf : paṇṇa
learn : uggaṇhāti
leave : nikkhamati
leopard : dīpi
leper : kuṭṭhī
light : n, āloka / v, jāleti
lightning : asani
(is) like : viya
lion : sīha
liquor : surā
listen : suṇāti
listener : sotu
live : jīvati
living being : pāṇī
living long : dīghajīvī
look : oloketi
lotus : paduma
luscious : ojavantu

M

magic spell : manta
man : nara / purisa / manussa
mansion : pāsāda
many : bahu
mat : kilañjā
measure : n, nāḷi / v, mināti
merchant : vāṇija
merit : kusala / puñña
messenger : dūta
milk : n, khīra / v, duhati
mind : citta
minister : mantī
mix : sammisseti
moderate : mattaññū
monastery : vihāra
monk : samaṇa / bhikkhu
monkey : vānara / makkaṭa / kapi
moon : canda
morning : pabhāte
mother : ammā / mātu
mother:in:law : sassu
mountain : pabbata / giri
mouth : mukha
much : pahūta

N

neck : gīvā
nest : kulāvaka
new : nava
night : ratti
not : na
nourish : poseti

O

object : rūpa
ocean : samudda / udadhi / sindhu
oil : tela
omniscient : sabbaññū
open : vivarati
oppress : pīḷeti
or :
outcast : caṇḍāla
ox : goṇa

P

paddy : vīhi
palm : pāṇi
park : uyyāna
parrot : suka / suva
peacock : sikhī
piece : khaṇḍa
pig : varāha / sūkara
pit : āvāṭa / kāsu
plant : v, ropeti
play : v, kīḷati
(be) pleased : pasīdati
plough : kasati
poet : kavi
pollute : dūseti
pond : pokkharaṇī
pot : ghaṭa
powerful : balī / balavantu
preach : deseti
prepare : paṭiyādeti
prevent : nivāreti
protect : rakkhati
psychic power : iddhi
pull : ākaḍḍhati
pupil : sissa
purgatory : naraka
put : pakkhipati

Q

queen : rājinī
question : n, pañha / v, pucchati

R

ray : rasmi
receive : labhati
reciter : pavattu
reject : pajahati
relative : bandhu
release : muñcati
relic : dhātu
renounce : pabbajati
reptile : uraga
retinue : parisā
rice : bhatta / odana / taṇḍula
right : sammā
rise : udeti
river : nadī / vāri
road : magga
roam : āhiṇḍati / carati
robe : cīvara
room : ovaraka
rope : rajju
rule : pāleti
run : dhāvati

S

sage : isi / muni
sailor : nāvika
sand : vālukā
saw : kakaca
scatter : vikirati
science & arts : sippa
scold : vigarahati
sea : samudda / udadhi / sindhu
seat : āsana
see : passati
seed : bīja
sell : vikkiṇāti
send : peseti / pahiṇāti
serpent : sappa / ahi / uraga
servant : dāsa
sew : sibbati
shade / shadow : chāyā
ship : nāvā
shoot : vijjhati
shop : āpaṇa
sickness : vyādhi
sick person : gilāna
simile : upamā
since : yato
sing : gāyati
sister : bhagini
sit : nisīdatī
sky : ākāsa
sleep : sayati
smeared : upalitta
sometimes : kadāci karahaci
son : putta
song : gīta
soon : khippaṃ
sound : sadda
sow : vapati
speak : bhāsati / katheti
speaker : vattu
speech : kathā
spend : vissajjeti
spoil : dūseti
spoon : kaṭacchu
spread : pattharati
sprinkle : siñcati
stairway : sopāna
stand / stay : tiṭṭhati
steal : coreti
stone : pāsāṇa
suffering : dukkha
sugar:cane : ucchu
sun : suriya / ravi / bhānumantu
sweep : sammajjati
sweetmeat : modaka
sword : khagga / asi

T

take : ādadāti / gaṇhāti
take out : nīharati
tank : vāpi
taste : rasa
teach : vāceti
teacher : ācariya / garu / satthu
tear n. : assu
tempt : palobheti
then : tadā
there : tattha
therefore : tasmā
thief : cora
think : cinteti
thirst : pipāsā
thirsty : pipāsita
thunder : asani
thus : tathā
today : ajja
tongue : jivhā
touch : phusati
town : nagara
treasure : nidhi
tree : rukkha / taru
try : ussahati / vāyamati
throw : chaḍḍeti
truth : sacca
turn : pavatteti
tusker : dāṭhī
twenty : vīsati

U

uncle : mātula
understand : adhigacchati
until : yāva... tāva

V

various : nānā
vehicle : ratha
victor : jetu
village : gāma
virtue : sīla / guṇa
virtuous : guṇavantu / sīlavantu

W

wage : vetana
walking stick : yaṭṭhi
wander : āhiṇḍati / carati
wash : dhovati
washerman : rajaka
water : udaka / jala / pānīya
weak : dubbala
wealth : dhana / vasu
weep : rodati
when : yadā / kadā
whence : yato / kuto
where : yattha / kuhiṃ / kattha
why : yasmā / kasmā
wicked man : asappurisa
wife : bhariyā / vadhū
wife & children : puttadāra
win : jayati
wind : vāta
wisdom : paññā
wise man : vidū / viññū / paññavantu
wish : icchati / pattheti
with : saddhiṃ / saha
woman : itthī / nāri/ yuvati /vanitā
world : loka
worship : vandati / namassati
wrap : veṭheti
write : likhati

Y

you : tvaṃ (sg.) / tumhe (pl.)
young one : susu
young woman : yuvati


List of Verbs

Prefixes and roots of verbs are given in Sanskrit within brackets

akkosati (a + kṛś) : scolds
atthi (as) : is
adhigacchati (adhi + gam) : understands
anukampati (anu + kamp) : feels compassionate
anugacchati (anu + gam) : follows
anubandhati (anu + badh) : follows, chases after
anusāsati (anu + śās) : admonishes

ākaṅkhati (ā + kāṅkṣ) : expects
ākaḍḍhati (ā + kṛṣ?) : pulls, drags
āgacchati (ā + gam) : comes
ādadāti (ā + dā) : takes
āneti (ā + nī) : brings, leads
āmanteti (ā + denom. mantra) : addresses
āmasati (ā + mṛś) : touches, strokes
ārabhati (ā + rabh) : starts, commences
āruhati (ā + ruh) : climbs, ascends
āroceti (ā + ruc) : informs
āvahati (ā + vah) : brings forth
āsiñcati (ā + sic) : sprinkles
āharati (ā + hṛ) : brings
āhiṇḍati (ā + hiṇḍ) : roams, wanders

icchati (iṣ / āp) : wishes

uggaṇhāti (ud + gṛh) : learns
uṭṭhahati (ud + sthā) : stands up
uḍḍeti (ud + ḍī) : flies
uttarati (ud + tṛ) : crosses
udeti ( ud + i) : rises
upasaṅkamati (upa + saṃ + kram) : approaches
uppajjati (ud + pad) : is born
uppatati (ud + pad) : flies, jumps up
ussahati (ud + sah) : tries
ussāpeti (ud + śri) : hoist

ocināti (ava + ci) : collects, picks
otarati (ava + tṛ) : gets down, descends (into water)
obhāseti (ava + bhāṣ) : illuminates
oruhati (ava + ruh) : climbs down
oloketi (ava + lok) : looks at
ovadati (ava + vad) : advises

katheti (kath) : speaks
karoti (kṛ) : does, commits
kasati (kṛṣ) : ploughs
kiṇāti (krī) : buys
kīḷati (krīḍ) : plays
khaṇati (khaṇ) : digs
khādati (khād) : eats
khipati (kṣip) : throws
kujjhati (krudh) : gets angry

gacchati (gam) : goes
gaṇhāti (gṛh) : takes
gāyati (gai) : sings

carati (car) : wanders, conducts oneself
cavati (cyu) : departs, dies
cinteti (cit) : thinks
cumbati (cumb) : kisses
coreti (cur) : steals
chaḍḍeti (chaḍḍ) : throws away
chādeti (chad) : conceals
chindati (chid) : cuts

jānāti (jñā) : knows
jāleti (jval) : lights, kindles
jināti (ji) : wins
jīvati (jīv?) : lives

ṭhapeti (sthā) : places, keeps

ḍasati (ḍas) : bites, stings

tarati (tṛ) : crosses
tiṭṭhati (sthā) : stays, stands
thaketi (sthag) : closes, shuts

dadāti / deti (dā) : gives
dassati (dṛś) : to see
duhati (duh) : milks
dūseti (dūṣ) : spoils, pollutes
deseti (diś) : points out, instructs, preaches
dhāvati (dhāv) : runs
dhovati (dhov) : washes

naccati (nṛt) : dances
namassati (denom, namas) : worships, salutes
nahāyati (snā) : bathes
nāseti (naś) : destroys
nikkhamati (nis + kram) : leaves, renounces
nikkhipati (ni + kṣip) : throws away, puts down
nimanteti (ni + denom. mantra) : invites
nilīyati (ni+ lī) : hides
nivāreti (ni + vṛ) : prevents
nisidati (ni + sad) : sits
nīhareti (ni + hṛ) : takes out
neti (nī) : leads

pakkosati (pra + kṛṣ) : calls, summons
pakkhipati (pra + kṣip) : puts, places, deposits
pacati (pac) : cooks
pajahati (hā) : rejects, abandons
paṭicchādeti (prati + chad) : conceals, hides
paṭiyādeti (prati + yat) : prepares
patati (pat) : falls
pattharati (pra + stṛ) : spread
pattheti (pra + arth) : wishes, aspires
pappoti (see pāpuṇāti ) : attains
pabbajati (pra + vraj) : goes forth, renounces the world, gets ordained
parājeti (parā + ji) : defeats
pariyesati (pari + iṣ) : explores, searches
parivajjeti (pari + vṛj) : avoids
parivāreti (pari + vṛ) : accompanies
palobheti (pra + lubh) : tempts
pavatteti (pra + vṛt) : sets in motion
pavisati (pra + viś) : enters
pasīdati (pra + sad) : is pleased
passati (spaś) : sees
paharati (pra + hṛ) : hits, strikes
pahiṇāti (pra + hi) : dispatches
pājeti (pra + aj) : drives
pāteti (pat) : fells
pāpuṇāti (pra + āp) : attains
pāleti (pāl) : rules, governs
piyāyati (denom. piya) : is dear
pivati (pā) : drinks
pīḷeti (pīḍ) : oppresses
pucchati (pṛcch) : questions
pūjeti (pūj) : honours, worships
pūreti (pṛ) : fills
peseti (pra + iṣ) : sends
poseti (puṣ) : nourishes, looks after
phusati (sprś) : touches

bandhati (badh) : binds, ties
bhajati (bhaj) : keeps company
bhañjati (bhañj) : breaks
bhavati (bhū) : becomes
bhāyati (bhī) : fears
bhāsati (bhāṣ) : speaks
bhindati (bhid) : breaks
bhuñjati (bhuj) : eats, enjoys, partakes of

manteti (denom. mantra) : discusses, takes counsel
māpeti (mā) : creates, builds
māreti (mṛ) : kills
mināti (mā) : measures
muñcati (muc) : releases, frees
modati (mud) : takes delight

yācati (yac) : begs

rakkhati (rakṣ) : protects, observes /
rodati (rud) : cries, weeps
ropeti (rup) : plants

labhati (labh) : gets, receives
likhati (likh) : writes
vaḍḍheti (vṛdh) : developes, increases

vandati (vand) : worships
vapati (vap) : sows
vasati (vas) : dwells
vāceti (vac) : teaches
vāyamati (vi + ā + yam) : exerts, tries
vikkiṇāti (vi + krī) : sells
vijjhati (vyadh) : shoots
vindati (vid) : feels, experiences
vippakirati (vi + pra + kṛ\) : scatters
vibhajati (vi + bhaj) : distributes
vivarati (vi + vṛ) : opens
vissajjeti (vi + sṛj) : spends
viharati (vi + hṛ) : dwells
vihiṃsati (vi + hiṃs) : hurts, harms
viheṭheti (vi + hīḍ) : harasses
veṭheti (veṣṭ) : wraps
vyākaroti (vi + ā + kṛ) : explains

saṃharati (saṃ + hṛ) : collects
sakkoti (śak) : is able, can
sannipatati (saṃ + ni + pat) : assembles, gathers to- gether
samassāseti (saṃ + ā + śvas) : consoles, comforts
samijjhati (saṃ + ṛdh) : fulfils, succeeds
sammajjati (saṃ + mṛj) : sweeps
sammisseti (saṃ + denom. miśra) : mixes
sayati (śī) : sleeps
sallapati (saṃ + lap) : converses
sādiyati (svad) : enjoys
sibbati (sīv) : sews
suṇāti (śru) : listens, hears

hanati (han) : kills
harati (hṛ) : carries, takes away
hasati (has) : laughs
hoti (bhū) : is, becomes  


Pāli Vocabulary
(other than Verbs)

Abbreviations:

m = masculine;
f = feminine;
n = neuter;
adj = adjective;
ind = indeclinable particle;
adv = adverb
pron = pronoun

akusala, adj : demerit
akkhi, n : eye
aggi, m : fire
aṅguli, f : finger
acci, n : flame
aja, m : goat
ajja, ind : today
aṭavi, f : forest
aṭṭhi, n : bone
atithi, m : guest
atthaññū, m : benevolent person
addhā, ind : indeed, certainly
adhipati, m : chief
anicca, adj : impermanent
antarā, ind : between
amacca, m : minister
ambu, n : water
ammā, f : mother
arañña, n : forest
ari, m : enemy
asani, f : thunder
asappurisa, m : wicked man
asi, m : sword
assa, m : horse
assu, n : tear
ahaṃ, pron : I
ahi, m : serpent
ākāsa, m : sky
ākhu, m : mouse
ācariya, m : teacher
āpaṇa, n : shop
āloka, m : light
āvāṭa, m : pit
āsana, n : seat

itthi, f : woman
iddhi, f : psychic power
isi, m : sage

ucchu, m : sugar cane
udaka, n : water
udadhi, m : ocean, sea
upamā, f : simile
upalitta, mfn : smeared
upāsaka, m : lay devotee
uyyāna, n : park
uraga, m : reptile

odana, m : rice
ojavantu, adj : luscious
ovaraka, m : bed room
ovāda, n : advice

kakaca, m : saw
kaññā, f : girl
kaṭacchu, m : spoon
kaṇeru, f : cow / elephant
kattu, m : doer
kattha, adv : where
kathā, f : speech
kathaṃ, adv : how
kadalī, f : banana, plantain
kadā, adv : when
kadāci karahaci, adv : sometimes
kapi, m : monkey
kamma, n : action, deed
karī, m : elephant
kavi, m : poet
kasmā, adv : why
kāka, m : crow
kāya, m : body
kāruṇika, adj : compassionate
kāsu, f : pit
kilañjā, f : mat
kukkura, m : dog
kucchi, mf : belly
kuṭṭhī, m : leper
kuto, adv : whence
kutra, adv : where
kumāra, m : boy
kumārī, f : girl
kulavantu, adj : man of good family
kusala, adj : merit
kusuma, n : flower
kuhiṃ, adv : where
ketu, m : flag

khagga, m : sword
khaṇḍa, n : piece
khādanīya, n : food
khippaṃ, adv : soon
khīra, n : milk
khudā, f : hunger
khetta, n : field

Gangā, f : Ganges river
gantu, m : one who goes
garu, m : teacher
gahapati, m : householder
gāma, m : village
gāvī, f : cow
giri, m : mountain
gilāna, m : sick man
gīta, n : song
gīvā, f : neck
guṇavantu, adj : virtuous
guhā, f : cave
geha, n : house, home
goṇa, m : ox

ghaṭa, n : pot
ghara, n : house

ca, ind : and
cakkhu, n : eye
caṇḍāla, m : outcast
canda, m : moon
citta, n : mind
cīvara, n : robe
cora, m : thief
chāyā, f : shade, shadow

jāṇu / jaṇṇu, n : knee
jala, n : water
jāta, mfn : born
jivhā, f : tongue
jetu, m : victor

taṇḍula, n : raw rice
tato, adv : therefore
tattha, adv : there
tatra, adv : there
tathā, adv : thus
Tathāgata, m : the Buddha
tadā, adv : then
taru, m : tree
taruṇi, f : young woman
tasmā, adv : therefore
tāpasa, m : hermit
tāva, adv : so far, until
tiṇa, n : grass
tīra, n : bank
tuṇḍa, n : beak
tela, n : oil
tvaṃ, pron : you

dakkha, adj : clever
daddu, fn : eczema
dadhi, n : curd
dāṭhī, m : tusker
dātu, m : giver
dāna, n : alms
dāraka, m : child
dāru, n : firewood
dāsa, m : servant
dīghajīvī, m : one with long life
dīpa, m : island / lamp
dīpī, m : leopard
dukkhaṃ, adv : suffering
dubbala, adj : weak
dussa, n : cloth
duhitu, f : daughter
dūta, m : messenger
deva, m : deity
devatā, f : deity
devi, f : queen
doṇi, f : boat
dvāra, n : door

dhañña, n : corn
dhana, n : wealth
dhanu, n : bow
dhamma, m : doctrine
dhātu, f : relics, elements
dhītu, f : daughter
dhīvara, m : fisherman
dhenu, f : cow

na, ind : not
nagara, n : city, town
nadī, f : river
nayana, n : eye
nara, m : man
naraka, n : purgatory
nava, adj : new
nānā, ind : various
nārī, f : woman
nāḷi, f : a unit of measure
nāvā, f : ship
nāvika, m : sailor
nidhi, m : treasure
nivāsa, m : house
netu, m : leader

pakkhī, m : bird
pañjara, mn : cage
paññā, f : wisdom
pañha, m : question
paṇḍita, m : sage, wise man
paṇṇa, n : leaf
pati, m : husband
patta, m : bowl
patthanā, f : hope, expectation
paduma, n : lotus
pabbata, m : mountain
pabhāte, n : early morning
pabhū, m : eminent person
pasu, m : animal
parisā, f : retinue
pavattu, m : reciter
pahūta, adj : much
pāṇi, m : palm, hand
pāṇī, m : living being
pāda, m : foot
pānīya, n : drinking water
pāpa, n : evil
pāsāṇa, m : stone
pāsāda, m : mansion
pi, ind : too, also
piṭaka, m : basket
pitu, m : father
pipāsā, f : thirst
pipāsita, mfn : thirsty
puñña, n : merit
putta, m : son
puttadāra, m : children and wife
puna, ind : again
puppha, n : flower
pupphāsana, n : flower altar
pubbaka, mfn : ancient
purisa, m : man
pokkharaṇī, f : pond
potthaka, n : book

pharasu, m : axe
phala, n : fruit

bandhu, m : relative
balavantu, mfn : powerful
balī, m : powerful one
bahu, adj : many
bīja, n : seed
Buddha, m : the Buddha
buddhi, f : intelligence
brāhmaṇa, m : brahmin
brāhmaṇī, f : brahmin woman

bhaginī, f : sister
Bhagavā, m : the Buddha
bhaṇḍa, n : goods
bhatta, mn : rice
bhattu, m : husband
bhariyā, f : wife
bhātu, m : brother
bhānumā, m : sun
bhikkhu, m : monk
bhūpati, m : king
bhūpāla, m : king
bhūmi, f : ground
bhojana, n : food, meal
bhojanīya, n : soft food

makkaṭa, m : monkey
magga, m : road
maccha, m : fish
mañca, m : bed
mañjūsā, f : box
maṇi, m : gem
mattaññū, m : moderate, abstemious one
madhu, n : honey
madhukara, m : bee
manussa, m : man
manta, n : magic spell
mantī, m : minister
mā, ind : do not
mātu, f : mother
mātula, m : uncle
māra, m : the evil one
mālā, f : garland
miga, m : deer
mitta, mn : friend
mukha, n : face, mouth
muṭṭhi, m : fist
muni, m : sage
mūla, n : money
modaka, n : sweetmeat

yaṭṭhi, f : walking stick
yato, adv : since
yattha, adv : where
yatra, adv : where
yathā, adv : in which manner
yadā, adv : when
yadi, ind : if
yasavantu, mfn : famous
yasmā, adv : because
yāgu, f : gruel
yācaka, m : beggar
yāva, adv : how far
yuvati, f : young woman

rajaka, m : washerman
rajju, f : rope
ratti, f : night
ratha, m : vehicle, chariot
ravi, m : sun
rasa, n : taste
rasmi, f : ray
rājinī, f : queen
rāsi, m : heap
rukkha, m : tree
rukkhamūla, n : foot of tree
rūpa, n : form, object

latā, f : creeper
lābha, m : gain, profit
luddaka, m : hunter
loka, m : world
locana, n : eye

vaḍḍhakī, m : carpenter
vaṇṇavantu, mfn : colourful
vattu, m : speaker
vattha, n : cloth
vatthu, n : estate
vadaññū, m : generous one
vadhū, f : wife/daughter
vana, n : forest
vammika, mn : anthill
varāha, m : pig
vasu, n : wealth
vā, ind : or
vāṇija, m : merchant
vāta, m : wind
vānara, m : monkey
vāpī, f : tank
vāri, n : river
vālukā, f : sand
vijju, f : lightning
viññātu, m : knowledgeable man
viññū, m : wise man
vidū, m : wise man
vinetu, m : disciplinarian
viya, ind : like, similar
vihāra, m : monastery
vīsati : twenty
vīhi, m : paddy
vega, adj : speed
vetana, n : wage, pay
veḷu, m : bamboo
vyādhi, m : sickness

sakaṭa, m : cart
sakala, adj : entire
sakuṇa, m : bird
sakhī, f : female friend
sagga, n : heaven
sace, ind : if
sacca, n : truth
sattu, m : enemy
satthi, n : thigh
satthu, m : teacher
sadda, m : sound
saddhā, f : faith
saddhiṃ, ind : with
sappa, m : serpent
sappi, n : ghee
sappurisa, m : good man
sabba, mfn : all
sabaññū, m : all knowing one
sabhā, f : assembly
samaṇa, m : monk
samudda, m : sea, ocean
sammajjanī, f : broom
sammā, ind : well, right
sara, m : arrow
sassu, f : mother
saha, ind : with
sahāya (ka), m : friend
sākhā, f : branch
sāṭaka, m : garment
sāmī, m : husband
sārathī, m : charioteer
sālā, f : hall
sāvaka, m : disciple
sikhī, m : peacook
sigāla, m : jackal
sindhu, m : sea, ocean
sippa, n : arts and science
sissa, m : pupil
sīghaṃ, adv : fast
sīla, n : virtue
sīsa, n : head
sīha, m : lion
suka, m : parrot
sukhaṃ, adv : happily
sukhī, m : happy person
sugata, m : the Buddha
sunakha, m : dog
sura, m : deity
surā, f : liquor
suriya, m : sun
suva, m : parrot
suvaṇṇa, n : gold
susu, m : young one
sūkara, m : pig
seṭṭhi, m : banker
setu, n : bridge
soṇa, m : dog
sota, n : ear
sotu, m : listener
sopāna, m : stairway

hattha, m : hand
hatthī, m : elephant
himavantu, mfn : Himalaya
hirañña, n : gold

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