Paca, Pacā, Pācā, Pā cā, Pa ca: 19 definitions
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Paca means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Buddhism, Pali, Marathi, Jainism, Prakrit, Hindi, Tamil. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
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Marathi-English dictionary
paca (पच).—a S That cooks or ripens. In elegant comp. as sukhampaca, duḥkhampaca, kṛcchrampaca, alpampaca, mitampaca That cooks with ease, with difficulty &c.
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pāca (पाच).—f m An aromatic plant, Pogostemon Heyneanum. Grah.
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pāca (पाच).—m (S) An emerald.
paca (पच).—a In comp. That cooks or ripens Ex. suṅkha paca du:khaṃ paca That cooks with ease, with difficulty &c.
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pāca (पाच).—f m An aromatic plant, Pogoste mon Heyneanum. Grab.
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pāca (पाच).—m An emerald.
Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.
Sanskrit dictionary
Paca (पच).—a.
1) Cooking, roasting.
2) Digesting.
-caḥ, -cā 1 Cooking.
2) Maturing.
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Pacā (पचा).—The act of cooking.
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Pācā (पाचा).—f. Cooking.
See also (synonyms): pāci.
Paca (पच).—mfn.
(-caḥ-cā-caṃ) Who or what cooks, matures, &c. m.
(-caḥ) Cooking, maturing, &c. E. pac to cook, aff. ac.
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Pacā (पचा).—f.
(-cā) Cooking, dressing, maturing. E. pac to dress, affs. aṅ and ṭāp.
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Pācā (पाचा).—f.
(-cā) Cooking, maturing. E. pac to cook, causal v. aṅ and ṭāp affs.
Paca (पच).—[-pac + a], latter part of comp. adj. Cooking, baking, roasting.
Paca (पच).—[adjective] cooking, boiling, roasting (—°).
1) Paca (पच):—[from pac] 1. paca mfn. idem (cf. alpam-, iṣṭi-, kimetc.)
2) [v.s. ...] mf. the act of cooking etc., [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
3) [from pac] 2. paca 2. sg. [imperative] of √pac.
4) Pācā (पाचा):—[from pāka] (or pāci or pācikā) f. cooking, maturing, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
1) Paca (पच):—(caḥ) 1. m. Cooking, ripening.
2) Pacā (पचा):—(cā) 1. f. A cooking.
3) Pācā (पाचा):—(cā) 1. f. Cooking.
Paca (पच):—(von 1. pac)
1) adj. kochend, backend, bratend (trans.) [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 3, 1, 134. 2, 33. fgg.] [Vopadeva’s Grammatik 26, 55.] Vgl. alpaṃ, iṣṭi, kiṃ, khāriṃ, droṇaṃ, nakhaṃ, mitaṃ, prasthaṃ . —
2) f. ā nom. act. [Vopadeva’s Grammatik 26, 192.] = pāka [Amarakoṣa 3, 3, 8.] [WILSON] führt auch ein m. an; vgl. duṣpaca (von paca oder pacā) schwer zu verdauen.
Paca (पच):——
1) Adj. am Ende eines Comp. trans. kochend , backend , bratend. —
2) *m. und f. ā Nom. act. von 1. pac.
Pāca (पाच) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit words: Pāe, Vaya.
Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.
Hindi dictionary
Paca (पच):——an allomorph of [pāṃca; ~kalyānī] cunning; wicked; ~[khanā] five-storeyed; ~[gunā] five times; five-fold; ~[mela] a mixture of five ingredients; five different sweetmeats mixed together; ~[raṃgā] multi-coloured; five-coloured; ~[laḍā] a five-stringed necklace.
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Prakrit-English dictionary
Paca (पच) in the Prakrit language is related to the Sanskrit word: Pac.
Prakrit is an ancient language closely associated with both Pali and Sanskrit. Jain literature is often composed in this language or sub-dialects, such as the Agamas and their commentaries which are written in Ardhamagadhi and Maharashtri Prakrit. The earliest extant texts can be dated to as early as the 4th century BCE although core portions might be older.
Tamil dictionary
Paca (பச) [pacattal] 12 intransitive verb
1. To be green; பசுமையாதல். மாலு மோர்பா லோங்கிய வண் ணம் போன்று மொளிநிறம் பசந்து தோன்ற [pasumaiyathal. malu morpa longiya van nam ponru moliniram pasanthu thonra] (திருவிளையாடற் புராணம் யானையெய். [thiruvilaiyadar puranam yanaiyey.] 27).
2. To turn sallow or pale, as the skin through love-sickness; காமத்தால் மேனி பசலைநிறமாதல். பசந்தக்காலும் பசப்பொல்லாதே [kamathal meni pasalainiramathal. pasanthakkalum pasappollathe] (குறுந்தொகை [kurundogai] 264).
3. To lose lustre, complexion or colour through love-sickness; காமநோய் முதலிய வற்றால் ஒளிமங்குதல். பூப்போ லுண்கண் பசந்து [kamanoy muthaliya varral olimanguthal. puppo lunkan pasanthu] (புறநானூறு [purananuru] 96).
4. To become dim, as twilight; மங்கிப்போதல். [mangippothal.] (W.)
5. To become golden, as the sky in the evening; பொன்னிறங்கொள்ளுதல். திசைமுகம் பசந்து [ponnirangolluthal. thisaimugam pasanthu] (சிலப்பதிகாரம் அரும்பதவுரை [silappathigaram arumbathavurai], 4, 5).
Tamil is an ancient language of India from the Dravidian family spoken by roughly 250 million people mainly in southern India and Sri Lanka.
Nepali dictionary
1) Paca (पच):—n. 1. digestion; 2. misappropriation;
2) Paca (पच):—adj. five; (form of) पाँच [pāṃca ] in combination (such as पचहत्तर, पचगुना, पचभैया [pacahattara, pacagunā, pacabhaiyā] ) ;
3) Paca (पच):—interj. the word shouted by a ploughman at the yoke to the oxen to move back;
Nepali is the primary language of the Nepalese people counting almost 20 million native speakers. The country of Nepal is situated in the Himalaya mountain range to the north of India.
Pali-English dictionary
1) paca (ပစ) [(kri) (ကြိ)]—
[paca+a+hi]
[ပစ+အ+ဟိ]
2) paca (ပစ) [(ti) (တိ)]—
[paca+a．paca=pākeç pacatīti paco．pañcikā．5,44．]
[ပစ+အ။ ပစ=ပါကေ,ပစတီတိ ပစော။ ပဉ္စိကာ။၅၊၄၄။]
3) pacā (ပစာ) [(thī) (ထီ)]—
[paca+a+ā]
[ပစ+အ+အာ]
[Pali to Burmese]
1) paca—
(Burmese text): ချက်တတ်သော၊ ကျို-ပြုတ်-ဖုတ်-ကင်-ကြော်-လှော်-တတ်သော၊ သူ။
(Auto-Translation): He is skilled at cooking, including frying, grilling, baking, steaming, and roasting.
2) paca—
(Burmese text): ချက်လော့၊ ကျို-ပြုတ်-ဖုတ်-ကင်-ကြော်-လှော်-လော့။ ပစတိ-ကြည့်။
(Auto-Translation): Let's cook, fry, grill, roast, and stir-fry. Take a look at the dish.
3) pacā—
(Burmese text): ချက်ခြင်း၊ ကျိုး-ပြုတ်-ဖုတ်-ကင်-ကြော်-လှော်-ခြင်း။
(Auto-Translation): Cooking, boiling, frying, baking, grilling, and roasting.
Pali is the language of the Tipiṭaka, which is the sacred canon of Theravāda Buddhism and contains much of the Buddha’s speech. Closeley related to Sanskrit, both languages are used interchangeably between religions.
Chinese-English dictionary
[The following represents an unverified English translation. For all purposes consult the original Chinese text.]
啪嚓 [pā cā] [pa ca]—
An onomatopoeia (擬聲詞 [ni sheng ci]). It describes the sound (聲音 [sheng yin]) of objects (東西 [dong xi]) falling to the ground and breaking (破碎 [po sui]). For example: "I only heard a 'pacha' sound, and the teacup (茶杯 [cha bei]) fell to the ground and shattered (破碎 [po sui])."
啪嚓：擬聲詞。形容東西落地破碎的聲音。如：「只聽到啪嚓一聲，茶杯掉到地上破碎了。」
pā cā: nǐ shēng cí. xíng róng dōng xī luò de pò suì de shēng yīn. rú: “zhǐ tīng dào pā cā yī shēng, chá bēi diào dào de shàng pò suì le.”
pa ca: ni sheng ci. xing rong dong xi luo de po sui de sheng yin. ru: "zhi ting dao pa ca yi sheng, cha bei diao dao de shang po sui le."
啪嚓 ts = pā cā p refers to “(onom.) (sound of sth smashing as it hits the ground)/(onom.) (sound made by a camera shutter)”.
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See also (Relevant definitions)
Partial matches (+0): Hi, Pa, A, Ca, Paca.
Starts with (+26): Paca-Kana-Kara-Dini-Dishi, Pacacalam, Pacahi, Pacakkattu, Pacakkayiru, Pacakucumam, Pacalavana, Pacama, Pacamalai, Pacamana, Pacami, Pacamocanam, Pacanacam, Pacananam, Pacanikkam, Pacaniya, Pacanta, Pacanti, Pacantu, Pacapaca.
Full-text (+469): Pasha, Paci, Vipaka, Pacampaca, Pacana, Pacata, Pakka, Nagapasha, Shvapaca, Nipaka, Pacamana, Vipasha, Keshapasha, Paccati, Pacaniya, Paccanta, Pacapaca, Pasas, Kalapasha, Pashapani.
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