bAlaka · masculine
child
bālaka , var. for valaka , finger-ring , q.v.
a child
Bālaka [from bāla] 1. boy, child, youth S I 176; Thig-a 146 (Ap verse 44: spelt °akka); Saddh 351. — feminine bālikā young girl Thig-a 54 (Ap verse 1). 2. fool As 51 (°rata fond of fools).
(masc, masc, dimin of bāla) child; son; youngster child Construction: bāla + ka