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pāpaṇikā

pāpaṇika

nt nom pl of pāpaṇika (noun); nt instr sg of pāpaṇika (noun); nt abl sg of pāpaṇika (noun); nt voc sg of pāpaṇika (noun); …

1. shopkeeper; trader; dealer; merchant; lit. belonging to a shop
2. shop reject; cloth thrown out of a shop; lit. belonging to a shop

Etymology. pa + ā + √paṇ + a + ika; from √paṇ 'trade, barter'; Sanskrit prāpaṇika [paṇ]

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

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