masculine · kappaka 1 · kappaka 2
barber
Kappaka [from kḷp, kappeti] a barber, hairdresser, also attendant to the king; his other function (of preparing baths) is expressed in the term nahāpaka (Pv II 9 37 ) or nahāpita (°ā?) (Sv I 157) Vin. I 344; II 182; D I 51 (= Sv I 157, in list of various occupations); Ja I 60, 137; III 315; Pv II 9 37 ; III 1 4 (where explained by nahāpita in the meaning of "bathed," cf. explanation ad Pv I 10 6 ) Dhp-a I 85 (°vesa disguise of a barber), 342 (pasādhana° one who arranges the dress, etc., hairdresser). -jātika belonging to or reborn in the barber class, in this sense representing a low, "black" birth Pv-a 176.
a barber, hairdresser; a valet, a personal attendant
【陽】 1. 理髮師。2. 侍從。
(masc, masc, from kappeti) barber; hairdresser barber [lit.] who makes suitable Construction: √kapp + aka
(masc, masc) chamberlain Construction: √kapp +
(adj, adj, in comps, from kappeti) (of a living) making; earning Construction: kappe + aka