taruRaka · adjective (f. -ikā)
taruṇaka , adj. or subst. (-ka svārthe, or dim. ; AMg. °ṇaa), young; child : dārakāṇāṃ dahukānāṃ (so mss. , see dahuka ) °ṇakānāṃ krīḍāpanikāni Divy 475.(17—)18 (prose).
young; tender
(adj, adj, dimin of taruṇa) very young; immature Construction: √tar + uṇa + ka taruṇa + ka