masc nom sg of avaṇṇa (noun)
Etymology. na > a + √vaṇṇ + a; from √vaṇṇ 'praise'; Sanskrit avarṇa, avarṇya [varṇ]
Meanings from the Digital Pāḷi Dictionary; morphology and etymology by Claude.
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