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māṇave

māṇava

masc acc pl of māṇava (noun); masc loc sg of māṇava (noun)

1. young man; young gentleman; young Brahman
2. name of an arahant monk
3. thief; robber; lit. young gentleman
4. person; human; human being

Built from

• mā — prefix · mother; measure
  Possibly from a root relating to measuring or maternal nurture, but the connection to young man is semantically opaque; may be a worn prefix in this nominal form.
• ṇava — root · new; young
  Related to Skt. nava 'new', comparable to English 'new' (both from Proto-Indo-European *newos-). The word's core sense of 'young' comes from this element.

Etymology. From √man

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

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