‹ Back to the text

niggāhako

niggāhaka

masc nom sg of niggāhaka (noun)

1. oppressor; persecutor; tyrant; lit. who holds down

Etymology. ni + √gah > gāh + *aka; from √gah 'grasp'; Sanskrit nigrāhaka [nigrah]

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

Lite mode — plain HTML for e-readers and old browsers. Full version