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cakkhussa

cakkhu

nt dat sg of cakkhu (noun); nt gen sg of cakkhu (noun); masc voc sg of cakkhussa (adj); nt voc sg of cakkhussa (adj)

1. cakkhu (nt): eye
2. cakkhu (nt): eyesight; faculty of seeing
3. cakkhu (nt): vision; insight; understanding
4. cakkhu (nt): spiritual vision; divine eye
5. cakkhussa (adj): good looking; easy on the eye; (comm) good for the eyes; lit. for the eye

Etymology. √cakkh + u; from √cakkh 'see'; Sanskrit cakṣus [cakṣ]

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

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