masculine · ovādaka 1 · ovādaka 2
Ovādaka (adjective/noun) [from ovāda; cf. BHS avavādaka in same meaning, e.g. Divy 48, 254, 385] admonishing (active) or being admonished (passive); giving or taking advice; a spiritual instructor or adviser M I 145; A I 25; S V 67 = It 107. — anovādaka one who cannot or does not want to be advised, incorrigible Ja I 159; III 256, 304; V 314.
(one) who admonishes; instructs, counsels
(masc, masc, agent, from ovadati) advisor; teacher; instructor; encourager who admonishes or exhorts [lit.] who speaks down Construction: ava + √vad > vād + *aka
(adj, adj, from ovadati) who advises; who teaches; who instructs; who encourages who admonishes or exhorts [lit.] who speaks down Construction: ava + √vad > vād + *aka