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sāvako

sāvaka

masc nom sg of sāvaka (noun)

1. disciple; pupil; follower; lit. hearer

Built from

• sā — root · hear
  From Sanskrit śru; cognate with Greek kluein, Latin cluere. The sense of acute or keen hearing underlies words for sound and reputation.
• vaka — ending · agent, -er
  Diminutive or agent suffix -aka, forming active nouns from verbal roots to denote one who performs the action.

Etymology. Derived from √śru 'to hear' (Sanskrit śruta 'heard', English 'shrill' from the sense of acute sound; Greek kluein 'to hear', Latin cluere 'to be called/heard'). The suffix -aka forms agent nouns. Literally 'one who hears'—the Buddha's disciples are those who listen to and receive the Dhamma.

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

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