masculine, neuter, adjective · aḍḍha 1.1 · aḍḍha 2.1
opulent
Aḍḍha 1 (and addha) [etymology uncertain, Sanskrit ardha] one half, half; usually in compounds (see below), like diyaḍḍha 1½ (°sata 150) Pv-a 155 (see as to meaning Stede, GPv page 107). Note: aḍḍha is never used by itself, for "half" in absolute position upaḍḍha (q.v.) is always used. -akkhika with furtive glance ("half an eye") Dhp-a IV 98; -aṭṭha half of eight, i.e. four (cf. aṭṭhaḍḍha) S II 222 (°ratana); Ja VI 354 (°pāda quadruped; v.l. for aṭṭhaḍḍha); -aḷhaka ½ an aḷhaka (measure) Dhp-a III 367; -uḍḍha [cf. {17} Mahārāṣṭrī form cauṭṭha = Sanskrit caturtha] three and a half Ja I 82; IV 180; V 417, 420; Dhp-a I 87; Mhv 12, 53; -ocitaka half plucked off Ja I 120; -karīsa (-matta) half a k. in extent Vv-a 64 (cf. aṭṭha-karīsa); -kahāpaṇa ½ kahāpaṇa A V 83; -kāsika (or °ya) worth half a thousand kāsiyas (i.e. of Benares monetary standard) Vin I 281 (kambala, a woollen garment of that value; cf. Vinaya Texts II 195); II 150 (bimbohanāni, pillows; so read for aḍḍhakāyikāni in Text); Ja V 447 (-kāsigaṇikā for °kāsiya° a courtezan who charges that price, in phrase °k.-gaṇikā viya na bahunnaṃ piyā manāpā); -kumbha a half (-filled) pitcher Snp 721; -kusi (technical term of tailoring) a short intermediate cross-seam Vin I 287; -kosa half a room, a small room Ja VI 81 (= a° kosantara commentary); -gāvuta half a league Ja VI 55; -cūḷa (°vāhā vīhi) ½ a measure (of rice) Miln 102, perhaps misread for aḍḍhāḷha (āḷha = āḷhaka, cf. A III 52), a half āḷha of rice; -tiya the third (unit) less half, i.e. two and a half Vv-a 66 (māsā); Ja I 49, 206, 255 (°sata 250). Cf. next; -teyya = °tiya 2½ Vin IV 117; Ja II 129 (°sata); Sv I 173 (v.l. for °tiya); Dhp-a I 95 (°sata), 279; Pv-a 20 (°sahassa); -telasa [cf. BHS ardhatrayodaśa] twelve and a half Vin I 243, 247; D II 6 (°bhikkhusatāni, cf. tayo B 1 b); Dhp-a III 369; -daṇḍaka a short stick M I 87 = A I 47; II 122 = Nidd II §604 = Miln 197; -duka see °ruka; -nāḷika (-matta) half a nāḷi-measure full Ja VI 366; -pallaṅka half a divan Vin II 280; -bhāga half a share, one half Vv 13 6 (= upaḍḍhabhāga Vv-a 61); Pv I 11 5 ; -maṇḍala semi-circle, semi circular sewing Vin I 287; -māna half a māna measure Ja I 468 (masculine = aṭṭhannaṃ nāḷinaṃ nāmaṃ commentary); -māsa half a month, a half month, a fortnight Vin III 254 (ūnak°); A V 85; Ja III 218; Vv-a 66. Frequently in accusative as adverb for a fortnight, e.g. Vin IV 117; Vv-a 67; Pv-a 55; -māsaka half a bean (as weight or measure of value, see māsaka) Ja I 111; -māsika half-monthly Pp 55; -muṇḍaka shaven over half the head (sign of loss of freedom) Mhv 6, 42; -yoga a certain kind of house (usually with pāsāda) Vin I 58 = 96, 107, 139, 239, 284; II 146. According to Vinaya Texts 174 "a gold coloured Bengal house" (Buddhaghosa), an interpretation which is not correct: we have to read supaṇṇa vaṅkageha "like a Garuḷa bird's crooked wing", i.e. where the roof is bent on one side; -yojana half a yojana (in distance) Ja V 410; Sv I 35 (in explanation of addhāna-magga); Dhp-a I 147; II 74; -rattā midnight A III 40 (°aṃ adverb at m.); Vv 81 16 (°rattāyaṃ adverb = aḍḍharattiyaṃ Vv-a 315); Ja I 264 (samaye); IV 159 (the same); -ratti = °rattā Vv-a 255, 315 (= majjhimayāma-samaya); Pv-a 155; -ruka (v.l. °duka) a certain fashion of wearing the hair Vin II 134; Buddhaghosa explanains (Sp VI 1211): aḍḍharukan ti udare lomarāji-ṭhapanaṃ "leaving a stripe of hair on the stomach"; -vivaṭa (dvāra) half open Ja V 293. Aḍḍha 2 (adjective) [Sanskrit āḍhya from r̥ddha past participle of r̥dh, r̥dhnote and r̥dhyate (see ijjhati) to thrive. Cf. Greek ἅλϑομαι thrive, Latin alo to nourish. Cf. also Vedic iḍā refreshment and Pāli iddhi power. See also āḷhiya] rich, opulent, wealthy, well-to-do; usually in combination with mahaddhana and mahābhoga of great wealth and resources (followed by pahūta-jātarūparajata pahūta vittūpakaraṇa etc.). Thus at D I 115, 134, 137; III 163; Pp 52; Dhp-a I 3; Vv-a 322; Pv-a 3, 78 etc. In other combinations Vv 31 4 (°kula); Nidd II §615 (Sakka = aḍḍho mahaddhano dhanavā); Sv I 281 (= issara); Dhp-a II 37 (°kula); Saddh 270 (satasākh°), 312 (guṇ°), 540 f. (the same), 561.
one half; a part; half a kahāpaṇa); (adjective) rich; wealthy; well-to-do
【形】豐富的，富有的。【陽】 一半。~tā,【陰】 財富。
(adj, adj, in comps) half half
(adj, adj, from ijjhati) wealthy; rich; loaded; (comm) with power opulent, wealthy Construction: ā + √idh + a
(nt, nt) half (of)