masculine · nahāpita 1 · nahāpita 2
barber
a barber; a bath attendant
Nahāpita [Sanskrit only snāpaka (see nahāpaka); new formation from causative nahāpeti as agent noun with a- theme instead of ar-, cf. sallakatta for sallakattar] a barber, who has also the business of preparing and giving baths (cf. German "Bader") a bath-attendant (see kappaka). Barbers ranked as a low class socially, and rebirth in a barber's family was considered unfortunate. Vin I 249 (°pubba who had formerly been a barber); D I 225; Ja I 137; II 5; III 451; IV 138 (eight kahāpaṇas as a barber's fee); Sv I 157 (= kappaka); Vv-a 207 (°sālā a barber's shop).
【陽】 理髮師。
(masc, masc, pp of nahāpeti) barber; hair-dresser; bathing attendant barber, hair-dresser [lit.] caused to bath Construction: nahāpe + ita
(pp, pp of nahāpeti) given a bath [lit.] caused to bath Construction: nahāpe +