feminine · nikanti 1.1 · nikanti 2.1
Nikanti (feminine) [Sanskrit nikānti, ni + kamati] desire, craving, longing for, wish Thag 20; Paṭis II 72, 101; Dhs 1059, 1136; Vism 239, 580; As 369; Dhp-a IV 63; Sv I 110; Dāṭh III 40.
wanting, longing; attachment, fondness
(fem, fem, abstr, from nikāmeti) attraction (towards); desire (for); longing (for) desire; craving; attraction [lit.] desiring down Construction: ni + √kam + ti
(aor, aor of nikantati) cut down, cut off