feminine · chāyā 1 · chāyā 2
shadow
Chāyā (feminine) [Vedic chāyā, light and shade, °skei (cf. (s)qait in ketu), cf. Sanskrit śyāva; Greek σκιά and σκοιός; Gothic skeinan. See note on kāla, vol. II page 382] — shade, shadow S I 72, 93; M II 235; III 164; A II 114; Snp 1014; Dhp 2; Ja II 302; IV 304; V 445; Miln 90, 298; Dhp-a I 35; Pv-a 12, 32, 45, 81, etc. — Yakkhas have none; Ja V 34; VI 337. Chāyā is frequent in similes: see JPTS 1907, 87.
shade; shadow; the shadow (eg. of a measuring-stick) measuring the time; the length of shadow (at the time of a bhikkhu’s upasampadā)
【陰】 蔭，影子。~māna,【中】 影子的測定。~rūpa,【中】 相 片，肖像。
chāyā 【梵】chāyā 【滿】helmen 【蒙】següder 【漢】影
(fem, fem) shade; shadow shade, shadow
(fem, fem) reflection; reflected image