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ovādako

ovādaka

masc nom sg of ovādaka (noun); masc nom sg of ovādaka (adj)

1. adviser; teacher; instructor; encourager; lit. who speaks down
2. who advises; who teaches; who instructs; who encourages; lit. who speaks down

Etymology. ava + √vad > vād + *aka; from √vad 'say, speak'; Sanskrit avavādaka [avavad]

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

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