As a Hindi name
माणवक · noun · masculine
सोलह वर्ष की अवस्थावाला युवक · बीस या सोलह लड़ी का हार · विद्यार्थी । बटु — Śabdasāgara
माणवक · māṇavak · s.m.
A lad or boy not exceeding sixteen years of age; a juvenile — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 986
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
a pupil, scholar, religious student
Verified derivationMultiple readings (7)Why this matches what you typed
M3 · meaning shifts "māṇavaka" is derived from "māṇava" with the ka/kan suffix — a related word whose meaning shifts, so both meanings are shown.
māṇava m. a youth, lad, youngster (esp. a young Brāhman; also contemptuously = little man, manikin), Kāty.; Kār. on Pāṇ. iv, 1, 161 &c. (cf. daṇḍa-m˚)
a pearl ornament of 16 strings, L.
māṇavaka m. a youth, lad, fellow (= prec.), Gobh.; Kāv.; Pur. &c. (cf. mādhavya- and māyām˚)
a pupil, scholar, religious student, W.
Dictionary citations
māṇavaka m. a youth, lad, fellow (= prec.), Gobh.; Kāv.; Pur. &c. (cf. mādhavya- and māyām˚)
a pupil, scholar, religious student, W.
a pearl ornament of 16 (accord. to L. also of 20 or 48) strings, VarBṛS.; Pañcad.
māṇavaka n. a kind of metre, Col. (also -krīḍa n. or -krīḍanaka n. -krīḍā, f. -krīḍitaka n.)
māṇavaka m. (-kaḥ) 1 A child, a boy not exceeding sixteen years of age, a manikin. 2 A pupil, a scholar, a religious student. 3 A man, an ignorant or ridiculous man, a childish man. 4 A necklace of twenty strings. 5 A species of the Anuṣṭubh metre. E. kan added to the last.
māṇava m. a youth, lad, youngster (esp. a young Brāhman; also contemptuously = little man, manikin), Kāty.; Kār. on Pāṇ. iv, 1, 161 &c. (cf. daṇḍa-m˚)
a pearl ornament of 16 strings, L.
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