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sekkhā

sekkha

masc nom pl of sekkha (noun); masc instr sg of sekkha (noun); masc abl sg of sekkha (noun); masc voc sg of sekkha (noun); …

  1. trainee; apprentice; learner; (comm) seven stages of a noble person before arahantship

Etymology. √sikkh > sekkh + *a; from √sikkh 'learn, train'; Sanskrit śaikṣa [śikṣ]

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

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