The New Pali Course Book 1

Vocabulary

English - Pali

Abbreviations

• m. Masculine
• f. Feminine
• n. Neuter
• indec. Indeclinable
• adv. Adverb
• v. Verb
• adj. Adjective
• inf. Infinitive
• pr.p. Present Participle
• p.p. Past Participle
• pron. Pronoun
• ger. Gerund
• 3. Of the three genders

[a]

• across tiriya.m (adv)
• adorns ala`nkaroti (v)
• adviser satthu (m)
• afterwards pacchaa (adv)
• again puna (indec)
• age aayu (n)
• all sabba (adj)
• alms daana (n)
• always sadaa, sabbadaa (adv)
• and ca, api (indec)
• anger kodha (m)
• another a~n~na, apara (adj)
• arm baahu (m)
• army senaa (f)
• ascended aaruhi (v)
• ascends aaruhati (v)
• aside ekamanta.m (adv)
• assembles sannipatati (v)
• ate khaadi (v)
• axe pharasu (m)

[b]

• balance tulaa (f)
• bamboo ve.nu, ve.lu (m)
• bank [of a river] kuula (n)
• banner ketu (m)
• base vatthu (n), bhuumi (f)
• bathed nahaata (p.p)
• bathing nahaayanta (pr.p)
• beast pasu, miga (m)
• beaten paha.ta (p.p)
• beats paharati (v)
• beautiful dassaniiya, suruupa (adj)
• becomes hoti, bhavati (v)
• becomes a monk pabbajati (v)
• bed ma~nca (m) sayana (n)
• been bhuuta (p.p)
• before puraa, purato (indec)
• begging yaacanta (pr.p)
• begs yaacati (v)
• begins aarabhati (v)
• began aarabhi (v)
• belly kucchi (m/f)
• Benares [city] baaraanasii (f)
• between antaraa (indec)
• big mahanta (adj)
• bird saku.na, pakkhii (m)
• bitten da.t.tha (p.p)
• black kaa.la (adj)
• blue niila (adj)
• boat do.ni (f)
• body vapu (n), kaaya (m)
• boiled rice odana (m/n), bhatta (n)
• bone a.t.thi (n)
• Bo-tree bodhi (m/f)
• bow dhanu (n)
• box ma~njuusaa (f)
• boy daaraka, kumaara (m)
• brahman woman braahma.nii (f)
• branch saakhaa (f)
• breaks bha~njati (v)
• bridge setu (m)
• bringing aaharanta (pr.p)
• broad vitthata (p.p)
• broken bhinna (p.p)
• brother bhaatu (m)
• brought aaha.ta (p.p)
• brought aahari, aanesi (v)
• Buddha bhagavantu, buddha (m)
• buying ki.nanta (pr.p)
• buys ki.naati (v)

[c]

• carpenter va.d.dhakii (m)
• carried hari, nesi (v)
• carried ha.ta, harita, niita (p.p)
• carries harati, neti (v)
• carrying haranta (pr.p)
• cash muula (n)
• caste kula (n)
• cave guhaa (f)
• causes to bathe nahaapeti (v)
• causes to bring aaharaapeti (v)
• causes to carry haraapeti (v)
• causes to cook paacaapeti, paaceti, paacayati (v)
• causes to cut chindaapeti (v)
• causes to do kaaraapeti (v)
• causes to go gacchaapeti (v)
• causes to kill maaraapeti (v)
• causes to sit nisiidaapeti (v)
• causes to take ga.nhaapeti (v)
• cemetery susaana (n)
• certainly addhaa, ve, ekanta.m (indec)
• Ceylon la`nkaa (f)
• charitable vada~n~nuu (adj)
• charioteer saarathii (m)
• charity daana (n)
• city nagara, pura (n)
• clerk lekhaka (m)
• climbed aaruhi (v)
• climbs aaruhati (v)
• coarse khara (adj)
• coconut naa.likera (m)
• collects ocinaati (v)
• Colombo [city of] ko.lambanagara (n)
• come aagata (p.p)
• comes aagacchati (v)
• comfort sukha (n)
• comfortably suka.m (adv)
• community sa`ngha (m)
• constantly abhi.nha.m (adv)
• cook suuda (m)
• cooked pakka, pacita (p.p)
• cooked apaci, paci (v)
• cooking pacanta (pr.p)
• cooking paaka (gerund) (m)
• cooks pacati (v)
• corn dha~n~na (n)
• corn measure naa.li (f)
• cow gaavii (f)
• cow [of any kind] dhenu (f)
• creeper lataa (f)
• cries rodati (v)
• crossed ti.n.na (p.p)
• crow kaala (m)
• crying rodanta  (pr.p)
• curd dadhi (n)
• cut chinna (p.p)
• cutter chettu (m)
• cutting chindanta (pr.p)
• cuts chindati (v)

[d]

• daughter dhiitu (f)
• day divasa (m)
• day after tomorrow parasuve (indec)
• day before yesterday parahiiyo (indec)
• day time divaa (indec)
• dead mata (p.p)
• death mara.na (n)
• decorates ala`nkaroti (v)
• deep gambhiira (adj)
• deer miga (m)
• deity deva (m) devataa (f)
• descended oti.n.na (p.p)
• descends oruhati, otarati (v)
• did kari, akari (v)
• dies marati, kaala.m karoti (v)
• digs kha.nati (v)
• direction disaa (f)
• doctor vejja (m)
• doctrine dhamma (m)
• doer kattu (m)
• does karoti (v)
• dog sunakha (m)
• done kata (p.p)
• doing karonta (pr.p)
• [do] not maa (indec)
• drags aaka.d.dhati (v)
• drinking pivamaana (pr.p)
• dropped paatesi (v)
• drum dundubhi (f)
• dust dhuuli (f)
• dwarf rassa (adj)
• dwells vasati (v)
• dwelt vuttha (p.p)

[e]

• ear sota, ghaa.na (n)
• earth vasudhaa, bhuumi, mahii (f)
• eastern pubba (adj)
• eat khaadati, bhu~njati (v)
• eaten bhutta, khaadita (p.p)
• eating khaadanta, bhu~njanta (pr.p)
• eczema daddu (f)
• egg a.n.da (n)
• eight a.t.tha (3)
• eighteen a.t.thaarasa, a.t.thaadasa (3)
• eighth a.t.thama (adj)
• eighty asiiti (f)
• eighty-eight a.t.thaasiiti (f)
• eighty-four caturaasiiti (f)
• eighty-nine ekuunanavuti (f)
• eighty-one ekaasiiti (f)
• eighty-six chaasiiti (f)
• eighty-three teasiiti (f)
• eighty-two dvaasiiti, dveaiiti (f)
• ejects niiharati (v)
• elderly mahallaka (adj)
• elephant dantii, hatthii, karii (m)
• eleven ekaadasa (3)
• eleventh ekaadasama (adj)
• enemy ari, sattu (m)
• Enlightened One buddha, bhagavantu (m)
• enraged kuddha (p.p)
• enters pavisati (v)
• entered paavisi (v)
• [in the] evening saaya.m (indec)
• ever sadaa, sabbadaa (adv)
• evenly sama.m (adv)
• every sabba (adj)
• everywhere sabbattha (indec)
• evil-doer paapakaarii (m)
• Exalted One bhagavantu (m)
• eye akkhi, nayana, locana, cakkhu (n)

[f]

• face vadana, mukha (n)
• fame kitti (f)
• family kula (n)
• famous yasavantu (adj)
• farmer kassaka (m)
• father pitu (m)
• feeble dubbala (adj)
• feeds bhojeti, bhojaapeti (v)
• felled paatesi (v)
• fells paateti (v)
• few paritta, appaka (adj)
• field khetta (n)
• fifth pa~ncama (adj)
• fifteen pa.n.narasa, pa~ncadasa (3)
• fifty pa.n.naasaa, pa~n~naasaa, pa~n~naasati (f)
• fifty-nine ekuunasa.t.thi (f)
• fifty-one ekapa~n~naasaa (f)
• finger a`nguli (f)
• fire aggi (m)
• firewood daaru (m)
• first pa.thama (adj)
• five pa~nca (3)
• flame acci (n)
• flies u.d.deti (v)
• flower puppha (n)
• follows anugacchati (v)
• food aahaara (m), bhojana (n)
• foolish baala (adj)
• foot paada (m)
• for a long time cira.m (adv)
• forest vana, ara~n~na (n) a.tavi (f)
• form ruupa (n)
• formerly puraa (indec)
• fortunate pu~n~navantu, bhagavantu (adj)
• forty cattaa.liisati, cattaariisati (f)
• forty-nine ekuunapa~n~naasaa (f)
• forty-one ekacattaa.liisati (f)
• four catu (3)
• fourteen cuddasa, catuddasa (3)
• friend mitta (m)
• from there tato (indec)
• from where kuto (indec)
• fruit phala (n)
• fruitful phalavantu (adj)

[g]

• garland maalaa (f)
• gathers ocinaati (v)
• gave dadi, adaasi (v)
• gem ma.ni (m)
• ghee sappi (n)
• girl daarikaa, ka~n~naa, kumaarii, kumaarikaa (f)
• given dinna (p.p)

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[l]

[m]

[n]

[o]

[p]

[q]

[r]

[s]

[t]

[u]

[v]

[w]

[x]

[y]

[z]