Aḍḍha1 (& addha) [etym. uncertain, Sk. ardha] one half, half; usually in compn. (see below), like diyaḍḍha 1 1/2 (˚sata 150) PvA 155 (see as to meaning Stede, Peta Vatthu p. 107). Note. aḍḍha is never used by itself, for "half" in absolute position upaḍḍha (q. v.) is always used.

-- akkhika with furtive glance ("half an eye") DhA iv.98. -- aṭṭha half of eight, i. e. four (cp. aṭṭhaḍḍha) S ii.222 (˚ratana); J vi.354 (˚pāda quadruped; v. l. for aṭṭhaḍḍha). -- aḷhaka 1/2 an aḷhaka (measure) DhA iii.367. -- uḍḍha [cp.Mahārāṣṭrī form cauṭṭha = Sk. caturtha] three and a half J i.82; iv.180; v.417, 420; DhA i.87; Mhvs 12, 53. -- ocitaka half plucked off J i.120. -- karīsa ( -- matta) half a k. in extent VvA 64 (cp. aṭṭha -- karīsa). -- kahāpaṇa 1/2 kahāpaṇa A v.83. -- kāsika (or ˚ya) worth half a thousand kāsiyas (i. e. of Benares monetary standard) Vin i.281 (kambala, a woollen garment of that value; cp. Vin Texts ii.195); ii.150 (bimbohanāni, pillows; so read for aḍḍhakāyikāni in T.); J v.447 (a˚ -- kāsigaṇikā for a -- ˚kāsiya˚ a courtezan who charges that price, in phrase a˚ -- k˚ -- gaṇikā viya na bahunnaŋ piyā manāpā). -- kumbha a half ( -- filled) pitcher Sn 721. -- kusi (tt. of tailoring) a short intermediate cross -- seam Vin i.287. -- kosa half a room, a small room J vi.81 (= a˚ kosantara C.). -- gāvuta half a league J vi 55. -- cūḷa (˚vāhā vīhi) 1/2 a measure (of rice) Miln 102, perhaps misread for aḍḍhāḷha (āḷha = āḷhaka, cp. A iii.52), a half āḷha of rice. -- tiya the third (unit) less half, i. e. two and a half VvA 66 (māsā); J i.49, 206, 255 (˚sata 250). Cp. next. -- teyya = ˚tiya 2 1/2 Vin iv.117; J ii.129 (˚sata); DA i.173 (v. l. BB for ˚tiya); DhA i.95 (˚sata), 279; PvA 20 (˚sahassa). -- telasa [cp. BSk. ardhatrayodaśa] twelve and a half Vin i 243, 247; D ii.6 (˚bhikkhusatāni, cp. tayo B 1 b); DhA iii.369. -- daṇḍaka a short stick M i.87 = A i.47; ii.122 = Nd2 604 = Miln 197. -- duka see ˚ruka. -- nāḷika ( -- matta) half a nāḷi -- measure full J vi.366. -- pallanka half a divan Vin ii.280. -- bhāga half a share, one half Vv 136 (= upaḍḍhabhāga VvA 61); Pv i.115. -- maṇḍala semi -- circle, semi circular sewing Vin i.287. -- māna half a māna measure J i.468 (m. = aṭṭhannaŋ nāḷinaŋ nāmaŋ C.). -- māsa half a month, a half month, a fortnight Vin iii.254 (ūnak˚); A v.85; J iii.218; VvA 66. Freq. in acc. as adv. for a fortnight, e. g. Vin iv.117; VvA 67; PvA 55. -- māsaka half a bean (as weight or measure of value, see māsaka) J i.111. -- māsika halfmonthly Pug 55. -- muṇḍaka shaven over half the head (sign of loss of freedom) Mhvs 6, 42. -- yoga a certain kind of house (usually with pāsāda) Vin i.58 = 96, 107, 139, 239, 284; ii.146. Acc. to Vin T. i.174 "a gold coloured Bengal house" (Bdhgh), an interpretation which is not correct: we have to read supaṇṇa vankageha "like a Garuḷa bird's crooked wing", i. e. where the roof is bent on one side. -- yojana half a yojana (in distance) J v.410; DA i.35 (in expln. of addhāna -- magga); DhA i.147; ii.74. -- rattā midnight A iii.407 (˚aŋ adv. at m.); Vv 8116 (˚rattāyaŋ adv. = aḍḍharattiyaŋ VvA 315); J i.264 (samaye); iv.159 (id.). -- ratti = ˚rattā VvA 255, 315 (= majjhimayāma -- samaya); PvA 155. -- ruka (v. l. ˚duka) a certain fashion of wearing the hair Vin ii.134; Bdhgh expln. on p. 319: aḍhadukan ti udare lomarāji -- ṭhapanaŋ "leaving a stripe of hair on the stomach". -- vivata (dvāra) half open J v.293.