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āgantukā

āgantuka

masc nom pl of āgantuka (noun); masc instr sg of āgantuka (noun); masc abl sg of āgantuka (noun); masc voc sg of āgantuka (noun); …

1. guest; newcomer; new arrival; stranger; lit. who comes here
2. (of talk) unrelated; incidental; random; lit. who comes here
3. newly appeared; suddenly arrived; visiting; lit. who comes here

Etymology. ā + √gam + tar > tu + ka; from √gam 'go'; Sanskrit āgantuka [āgam]

Meanings from the Digital Pāḷi Dictionary; morphology and etymology by Claude.

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