"yakkha" meaning in Pali

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Noun

Etymology: Inherited from Sanskrit यक्ष (yakṣa). Etymology templates: {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|pi|sa|यक्ष|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Sanskrit यक्ष (yakṣa), {{inh+|pi|sa|यक्ष}} Inherited from Sanskrit यक्ष (yakṣa) Head templates: {{pi-noun|m|f=yakkhinī}} yakkha m (feminine yakkhinī) Inflection templates: {{pi-decl-noun|g=m}} Forms: yakkhinī [feminine], masculine [table-tags], yakkho [nominative, singular], yakkhā [nominative, plural], yakkhaṃ [accusative, singular], yakkhe [accusative, plural], yakkhena [instrumental, singular], yakkhehi [instrumental, plural], yakkhebhi [instrumental, plural], yakkhassa [dative, singular], yakkhāya [dative, singular], yakkhatthaṃ [dative, singular], yakkhānaṃ [dative, plural], yakkhasmā [ablative, singular], yakkhamhā [ablative, singular], yakkhā [ablative, singular], yakkhehi [ablative, plural], yakkhebhi [ablative, plural], yakkhassa [genitive, singular], yakkhānaṃ [genitive, plural], yakkhasmiṃ [locative, singular], yakkhamhi [locative, singular], yakkhe [locative, singular], yakkhesu [locative, plural], yakkha [singular, vocative], yakkhā [plural, vocative]
  1. demon, yaksha Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-yakkha-pi-noun-mQFmctiF Categories (other): Pali entries with incorrect language header, Pali nouns with other-gender equivalents Synonyms: 𑀬𑀓𑁆𑀔 [Brahmi, character], यक्ख [Devanagari, character], যক্খ [Bengali], යක්ඛ [Sinhalese, character], ယက္ခ, ယၵ္ၶ, ယၵ်ၶ [Burmese, character], ยกฺข, ยักขะ [Thai, character], ᨿᨠ᩠ᨡ [Tai-Tham, character], ຍກ຺ຂ, ຍັກຂະ, ຢັກຂະ [Lao, character], យក្ខ [Khmer, character], 𑄠𑄇𑄴𑄈 [Chakma, character]

Inflected forms

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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "km",
            "2": "យក្ខ",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Khmer: យក្ខ (yĕək)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Khmer: យក្ខ (yĕək)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "khb",
            "2": "ᦍᧅ",
            "3": "ᦍᧅᦃ",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Lü: ᦍᧅ (yak), ᦍᧅᦃ (yakẋ)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Lü: ᦍᧅ (yak), ᦍᧅᦃ (yakẋ)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "th",
            "2": "ยักข์",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Thai: ยักข์ (yák)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Thai: ยักข์ (yák)"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "Inherited"
      },
      "expansion": "Inherited",
      "name": "glossary"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "pi",
        "2": "sa",
        "3": "यक्ष",
        "4": "",
        "5": "",
        "g": "",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "id": "",
        "lit": "",
        "nocat": "",
        "pos": "",
        "sc": "",
        "sort": "",
        "tr": "",
        "ts": ""
      },
      "expansion": "Sanskrit यक्ष (yakṣa)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "pi",
        "2": "sa",
        "3": "यक्ष"
      },
      "expansion": "Inherited from Sanskrit यक्ष (yakṣa)",
      "name": "inh+"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Inherited from Sanskrit यक्ष (yakṣa).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "yakkhinī",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "masculine",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pi-decl-noun",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yakkho",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yakkhā",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yakkhaṃ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yakkhe",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yakkhena",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yakkhehi",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yakkhebhi",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yakkhassa",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yakkhāya",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yakkhatthaṃ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yakkhānaṃ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yakkhasmā",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yakkhamhā",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yakkhā",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yakkhehi",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yakkhebhi",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yakkhassa",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yakkhānaṃ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yakkhasmiṃ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yakkhamhi",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yakkhe",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yakkhesu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yakkha",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yakkhā",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m",
        "f": "yakkhinī"
      },
      "expansion": "yakkha m (feminine yakkhinī)",
      "name": "pi-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "g": "m"
      },
      "name": "pi-decl-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Pali",
  "lang_code": "pi",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pali entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pali nouns with other-gender equivalents",
          "parents": [
            "Nouns with other-gender equivalents",
            "Nouns",
            "Lemmas"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "demon, yaksha"
      ],
      "id": "en-yakkha-pi-noun-mQFmctiF",
      "links": [
        [
          "demon",
          "demon"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "tags": [
            "Brahmi",
            "character"
          ],
          "word": "𑀬𑀓𑁆𑀔"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Devanagari",
            "character"
          ],
          "word": "यक्ख"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Bengali"
          ],
          "word": "যক্খ"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Sinhalese",
            "character"
          ],
          "word": "යක්ඛ"
        },
        {
          "word": "ယက္ခ"
        },
        {
          "word": "ယၵ္ၶ"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Burmese",
            "character"
          ],
          "word": "ယၵ်ၶ"
        },
        {
          "word": "ยกฺข"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Thai",
            "character"
          ],
          "word": "ยักขะ"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Tai-Tham",
            "character"
          ],
          "word": "ᨿᨠ᩠ᨡ"
        },
        {
          "word": "ຍກ຺ຂ"
        },
        {
          "word": "ຍັກຂະ"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Lao",
            "character"
          ],
          "word": "ຢັກຂະ"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Khmer",
            "character"
          ],
          "word": "យក្ខ"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Chakma",
            "character"
          ],
          "word": "𑄠𑄇𑄴𑄈"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "yakkha"
}
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  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "km",
            "2": "យក្ខ",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Khmer: យក្ខ (yĕək)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Khmer: យក្ខ (yĕək)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "khb",
            "2": "ᦍᧅ",
            "3": "ᦍᧅᦃ",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Lü: ᦍᧅ (yak), ᦍᧅᦃ (yakẋ)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Lü: ᦍᧅ (yak), ᦍᧅᦃ (yakẋ)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "th",
            "2": "ยักข์",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Thai: ยักข์ (yák)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Thai: ยักข์ (yák)"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "Inherited"
      },
      "expansion": "Inherited",
      "name": "glossary"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "pi",
        "2": "sa",
        "3": "यक्ष",
        "4": "",
        "5": "",
        "g": "",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "id": "",
        "lit": "",
        "nocat": "",
        "pos": "",
        "sc": "",
        "sort": "",
        "tr": "",
        "ts": ""
      },
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      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "pi",
        "2": "sa",
        "3": "यक्ष"
      },
      "expansion": "Inherited from Sanskrit यक्ष (yakṣa)",
      "name": "inh+"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Inherited from Sanskrit यक्ष (yakṣa).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "yakkhinī",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "masculine",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pi-decl-noun",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yakkho",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yakkhā",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yakkhaṃ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yakkhe",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yakkhena",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yakkhehi",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yakkhebhi",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yakkhassa",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yakkhāya",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yakkhatthaṃ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yakkhānaṃ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yakkhasmā",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yakkhamhā",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yakkhā",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yakkhehi",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yakkhebhi",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yakkhassa",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yakkhānaṃ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yakkhasmiṃ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yakkhamhi",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yakkhe",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yakkhesu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yakkha",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yakkhā",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m",
        "f": "yakkhinī"
      },
      "expansion": "yakkha m (feminine yakkhinī)",
      "name": "pi-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "g": "m"
      },
      "name": "pi-decl-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Pali",
  "lang_code": "pi",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Pali entries with incorrect language header",
        "Pali lemmas",
        "Pali masculine nouns",
        "Pali nouns",
        "Pali nouns in Latin script",
        "Pali nouns with other-gender equivalents",
        "Pali terms derived from Sanskrit",
        "Pali terms inherited from Sanskrit"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "demon, yaksha"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "demon",
          "demon"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Brahmi",
        "character"
      ],
      "word": "𑀬𑀓𑁆𑀔"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Devanagari",
        "character"
      ],
      "word": "यक्ख"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Bengali"
      ],
      "word": "যক্খ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Sinhalese",
        "character"
      ],
      "word": "යක්ඛ"
    },
    {
      "word": "ယက္ခ"
    },
    {
      "word": "ယၵ္ၶ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Burmese",
        "character"
      ],
      "word": "ယၵ်ၶ"
    },
    {
      "word": "ยกฺข"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Thai",
        "character"
      ],
      "word": "ยักขะ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Tai-Tham",
        "character"
      ],
      "word": "ᨿᨠ᩠ᨡ"
    },
    {
      "word": "ຍກ຺ຂ"
    },
    {
      "word": "ຍັກຂະ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Lao",
        "character"
      ],
      "word": "ຢັກຂະ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Khmer",
        "character"
      ],
      "word": "យក្ខ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Chakma",
        "character"
      ],
      "word": "𑄠𑄇𑄴𑄈"
    }
  ],
  "word": "yakkha"
}

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