Concise Pali-English Dictionary
A.P. Buddhadatta Mahathera

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haṃsa [m.] a swan.

haṃsati [haṃs + a] bristles; stands on the end (said of hari; to be glad.

haṃsana [nt.] bristling.

haṃsapotaka [m.] a young swan.

haṃsi [aor. of haṃsati] bristled. || haṃsī (f.), a swan.

haṃseti [caus. of haṃsati] causes to bristle.

haññati [han + ya] is killed or destroyed

haññana [nt.] torture; distress; killing.

haññamāna [pr.p. of haññati] killing.

haññi [aor. of haññati] was killed.

haṭṭhatuṭṭha [adj.] full of mirth.

haṭṭhaloma [adj.] with bristling hairs.

haṭha [m.] violence.

hata [pp. of hanati] killed; injured; destroyed. || haṭa (pp. of harati) carried; taken away.

hatacchedana [nt.] cutting off the hand.

hatantarāya [adj.] one who has removed obstacles.

hatabhāva [m.] the fact of being destroyed.

hatāvakāsa [(hata + avakāsa), adj.] one who has cut off every occasion of good and evil.

hatāvasesaka [hata + vasesaka] surviving.

hattha [m.] the hand; a handle; a cubit. || haṭṭha (pp. of haṃsati), was joyful; was happy; bristling.

hatthaka [m.] a hand-like thing. (adj.), having hands.

hatthakamma [nt.] manual labour.

hatthagata [adj.] come into the possession.

hatthagahaṇa [nt.] seizing by the hand.

hatthagāha [m.] seizing by the hand.

hatthacchinna [adj.] whose hand is cut off.

hatthaccheda [m.] cutting of the hand.

hatthachedana [m.] cutting of the hand.

hatthatala [nt.] the palm of the hand.

hatthatthara [m.] elephant rug.

hatthapasāraṇa [nt.] stretching out one’s hand.

hatthapāsa [m.] a hand’s length.

hatthavaṭṭaka [m.] a hand-cart.

hatthavikāra [m.] motion of the hand.

hatthasāra [m.] the most valuable thing.

hatthācariya [m.] elephant trainer.

hatthāpalekhana [(hattha + apalekhana) adj.] licking the hands after taking meals.

hatthābharaṇa [(hattha + ābharaṇa) nt.] a bracelet.

hatthāroha [m.] an elephant driver.

hatthi : the shortened form of hatthī (= an elephant). || hatthī (m.), an elephant.

hatthikantavīṇā [f.] a lute enticing elephants.

hatthikalabha : the young of an elephant.

hatthikumbha [m.] the frontal globe of an elephant.

hatthikula [nt.] elephant species.

hatthikkhandha [m.] the back of an elephant.

hatthigopaka [m.] an elephant keeper.

hatthidanta [m.; nt.] ivory.

hatthidamaka [m.] elephant tamer.

hatthidamma [m.] an elephant in training.

hatthināga [m.] a noble elephant.

hatthinī [f.] a she-elephant.

hatthipada [nt.] an elephant’s foot or step.

hatthipākāra [m.] a wall with figures of elephants in relief.

hatthippabhinna [adj.] a furious elephant.

hatthibandha [m.] an elephant keeper.

hatthimatta [adj.] as big as an elephant.

hatthimāraka [m.] elephant hunter.

hatthimeṇḍa [m.] an elephant keeper.

hatthiyāna [nt.] an elephant carriage or a riding elephant.

hatthiyuddha [nt.] combat of elephants.

hatthirūpaka [nt.] figure of an elephant.

hatthilaṇḍa [m.] elephant dung.

hatthiliṅgasakuṇa [m.] a vulture with a bill like an elephant’s trunk.

hatthisālā [f.] elephant stable.

hatthisippa [nt.] the knowledge of elephant training.

hatthisoṇḍā [f.] the trunk of an elephant.

hadati [v.] defecates.

hadaya [nt.] the heart.

hadayaṅgama [adj.] pleasant; charming; agreeable.

hadayanissita [adj.] connected with the heart.

hadayamaṃsa [nt.] the flesh of the heart.

hadayavatthu [nt.] the substance of the heart.

hadayasantāpa [m.] grief.

hadayassita [adj.] connected with the heart.

hanati [han + a] kills; strikes; injures.

hanana [nt.] killing; striking.

hananta [pr.p. of hanati] killing.

hanamāna [pr.p. of hanati] killing.

hani [aor. of hanati] killed; striked; injured. || hāni (f.), decrease; loss; falling off.

hanitabba [pt.p. of hanati] should be killed.

hanituṃ [inf. of hanati] to kill; to strike.

hanitvā [abs. of hanati] having killed; having striked; having injured.

hanu [f.] the jaw.

hanukā [f.] the jaw.

hanuta [nt.] thousand; a myriad.

hantabba [pt.p. of hanati] should be killed.

hanti [han + a] kills; strikes; injures.

hantu [m.] one who kills or strikes.

hantuṃ [inf. of hanati] to kill; to strike.

hantvā [abs. of hanati] having killed; having striked; having injured.

handa [an exhortative emphatic particle] well then; now; come along.

hambho : a particle used in addressing equals.

hammiya [nt.] a long, storied building.

haya [m.] a horse.

hayapotaka [m.] a colt.

hayavāhī [adj.] drawn by horses.

hayānīka [nt.] a cavalry.

hara [m.] the God Isvara. || hāra (m.), a string (of pearls, etc.); a necklace.

haraṇa [nt.] carrying.

haraṇaka [adj.] carrying; movable.

harati [har + a] carries; takes away; plunders; steals.

haranta [pr.p. of harati] carrying; taking away.

haramāna [pr.p. of harati] carrying; taking away.

harāpita [pp. of harāpeti] made carry or taken away.

harāpeti [caus. of harati] makes carry or takes away.

harāpetvā [abs. of harāpeti] having made carry or taken away.

harāpesi [aor. of harāpeti] made carry or took away.

harāyati [deno. from hiri] is ashamed, depressed or vexed; worries.

harāyi [aor. of harāyati] was ashamed; worried.

harāyitvā [abs. of harāyati] having worried.

hari [aor. of harati] carried; took away; plundered; stealed. (m.), the God Vishnu.

hariṇa [m.] a deer.

harita [adj.] green; tawny; fresh. (nt.), vegetables; greens.

haritatta [nt.] greenness; freshness.

haritabba [pt.p. of harati] should be carried or removed

haritāla [nt.] yellow orpiment.

haritu [m.] one who carries away.

harituṃ [inf. of harati] to carry; to take away.

harittaca [adj.] gold-coloured.

haritvā [abs. of harati] having carried; having taken away.

harissavaṇṇa [adj.] having a golden hue.

harītaka [nt.] yellow myrobalan.

harītakī [f.] yellow myrobalan.

hare : a particle used in addressing inferiors.

hala [nt.] a plough.

halaṃ [ind.] enough; why should.

halāhana [nt.] a deadly poison.

haliddā [f.] turmeric.

haliddī [f.] turmeric.

have [ind.] surely; indeed.

havya [nt.] an oblation.

hasati [has + a] smiles; laughs.

hasana [nt.] laughter.

hasanta [pr.p. of hasati] smiling; laughing.

hasamāna [pr.p. of hasati] smiling; laughing.

hasi [aor. of hasati] smiled; laughed.

hasita [pp. of hasati] smiled; laughed. (nt.), laughter. || hāsita (pp. of hāseti), made laugh; gladdened.

hasitabba [pt.p. of hasati] should be smiled.

hasituppāda [m.] aesthetic faculty.

hasitvā [abs. of hasati] having smiled.

hasīyati [v.] is laughed at.

hassa [nt.] laughter; joke; jest.

hā [ind.] alas!

hāṭaka [nt.] a kind of gold.

hātabba [pt.p. of hāyati] fit to be avoided or given up.

hātuṃ [inf. of hāyati] to remove; to give up.

hānabhāgiya [adj.] conducive to relinquishment.

hāpaka [adj.] causing decrease or loss; reducing.

hāpana [nt.] lessening; reduction.

hāpita [pp. of hāpeti] omitted; neglected; reduced; delayed.

hāpeti [hā + āpe] omits; neglects; reduces; delays.

hāpetvā [abs. of hāpeti] having omitted; having reduced.

hāpenta [pr.p. of hāpeti] omitting; neglecting.

hāpesi [aor. of hāpeti] omitted; neglected; reduced; delayed.

hāyati [hā + ya] diminishes; dwindles; wastes away.

hāyana [nt.] diminution; decay; decrease; a year.

hāyanta [pr.p. of hāyati] diminishing; dwindling; wasting away.

hāyamāna [pr.p. of hāyati] diminishing; dwindling; wasting away.

hāyi [aor. of hāyati] diminished; dwindled; wasted away. || hāyī (adj.), one who gives up or leaves behind.

hāyitvā [abs. of hāyati] having diminished; having dwindled; having wasted away.

hāraka [adj.] carrying; removing.

hārikā [f.] carrying; removing.

hāriya [adj.] portable; capable of being carried.

hāsa [m.] laughter; mirth.

hāsakara [adj.] giving pleasure.

hāsakāla [m.] time to be joyful.

hāsayamāna [pr.p. of hāseti] making laugh.

hāseti [has + e] makes laugh; gladdens.

hāsetvā [abs. of hāseti] having made laugh; having gladdened.

hāsenta [pr.p. of hāseti] making laugh.

hāsesi [aor. of hāseti] made laugh; gladdened.

hi [ind.] because; indeed.

hiṃsati [hiṃs + a] hurts; injures; teases.

hiṃsana [nt.] teasing; injury; hurting. || hiṃsanā (f.) teasing; injury; hurting.

hiṃsanta [pr.p. of hiṃsati] hurting; injuring.

hiṃsamāna [pr.p. of hiṃsati] hurting; injuring.

hiṃsā [f.] teasing; injury; hurting.

hiṃsāpita [pp. of hiṃsāpeti] caused to hurt or injure.

hiṃsāpeti [caus. of hiṃsati] causes to hurt or injure.

hiṃsāpetvā [abs. of hiṃsāpeti] having caused to hurt or injure.

hiṃsāpesi [aor. of hiṃsāpeti] caused to hurt or injure.

hiṃsi [aor. of hiṃsati] hurt; injured; teased.

hiṃsita [pp. of hiṃsati] hurt; injured; teased.

hiṃsitvā [abs. of hiṃsati] having hurt; having injured; having teased.

hikkā [f.] hiccup.

hiṅgu [nt.] the exudation of asafoetida plant.

hiṅgulaka [nt.] vermilion.

hiṅguli [f.] vermilion.

hita [nt.] benefit; blessing; good; welfare. (adj.), useful; beneficial. (m.), a friend.

hitakara [adj.] doing what is beneficial.

hitāvaha [(hitā + avaha), adj.] beneficial.

hitesī [m.] benefactor; desiring another’s welfare.

hintāla [m.] the marshy date palm.

hima [nt.] snow; ice.

himavantu [adj.] having snow or ice; the Himalaya mountains.

hiyyo [adv.] yesterday.

hirañña [nt.] unwrought gold.

hiraññasuvaṇṇa [nt.] gold & money.

hiri [f.] shyness; sense of shame.

hirikopīna [nt.] that which arouses shyness, i.e. the male or female organ.

hirimantu [adj.] modest; bashful.

hirīyati [deno. from hiri] blushes; is shy or ashamed.

hirīyanā [f.] shyness; sense of shame.

hirottappa [nt.] shame and fear for sin.

hīna [pp. of hāyati] diminished; dwindled; wasted away. (adj.), low; inferior; base; despicable.

hīnajacca [adj.] having a low birth.

hīnaviriya [adj.] lacking in energy.

hīnādhimuttika [(hīna + adhimuttika) adj.] having low inclinations.

hīyati [pass. of hāyati] is decreased or dwindled; decays; is left or given up.

hīyamāna [pr.p. of hīyati] decaying.

hīyi [aor. of hīyati] was decayed.

hīyo [adv.] yesterday.

hīra [nt.] a splinter; a stripe.

hīraka [nt.] a splinter; a stripe.

hīlana [nt.] disdain; contempt. || hīlanā (f.) disdain; contempt.

hīḷayamāna [pr.p. of hīḷeti] scorning; disdaining.

hīḷita [pp. of hīḷeti] scorned; disdained; despised.

hīḷeti [hīḷ + e] scornes; disdains; despises.

hīḷetvā [abs. of hīḷeti] having scorned; having disdained; having despised.

hīḷesi [aor. of hīḷeti] scorned; disdained; despised.

huṅkāra [m.] the sound “hum.”

huta [nt.] the thing sacrificed; an oblation.

hutāsna [nt.] fire.

hutta [nt.] sacrifice.

hutvā [abs. of hoti] having been.

huraṃ [adj.] in the other world; in another existence.

hurāhuraṃ [ind.] from one place to another.

huveyya [v.] it may be.

he [a vocative particle] hey; eh; here; my dear.

heṭṭābhāga [m.] the lower part.

heṭṭhato [adv.] from below.

heṭṭhā [adv.] below; down; underneath.

heṭṭhābhāga [m.] the lower portion.

heṭṭhāmañce [adv.] under the bed.

heṭṭhima [adj.] lower.

heṭhaka [adj.] one who harasses or troubles.

heṭhanā [f.] harassing.

heṭhayamāna [pr.p. of heṭheti] harassing; worrying.

heṭhita [pp. of heṭheti] harassed; worried; injured.

heṭheti [heṭh + e] harasses; worries; injures.

heṭhetvā [abs. of heṭheti] having harassed.

heṭhenta [pr.p. of heṭheti] harassing; worrying.

heṭhesi [aor. of heṭheti] harassed; worried; injured.

hetu [m.] cause; reason; condition.

hetuka [adj.] connected with a cause.

hetuppabhava [adj.] arising from a cause.

hetuvāda [m.] the theory of cause.

hetuso [ind.] according to the causes.

hema [nt.] gold.

hemajāla [nt.] a golden netting.

hemanta [m.] the winter.

hemantika [adj.] belonging to the winter; icy cold.

hemavaṇṇa [adj.] golden coloured.

hemavataka [adj.] living in the Himalaya.

heraññika [m.] a goldsmith; a money-changer.

hesā [f.] the neighing of a horse.

hesārava [m.] the neighing of a horse.

hehiti [v.] it will be.

hotabba [pt.p. of hoti] should be existed.

hoti [hū + a] to be; exists.

hotuṃ [inf. of hoti] to exist.

honta [pr.p. of hoti] existing.

homa [nt.] oblation.

horā [f.] hour.

horāpāṭhaka [m.] an astrologer.

horāyanta [nt.] any device showing the time; a clock.

horālocana [nt.] a watch; a clock.

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