The corpus record — Pali

bho

Bho

indeclinable a familiar term of address (in speaking to equals or inferiors): sir friend, you, my dear; pl. sirs DN.i.88 , DN.i.90 , DN.i.93 , DN.i.111 ; MN.i.484 ; Snp.427 , Snp.457 , Snp.487 ; with voc. of noun: bho purisa my dear man Ja.i.423 ; bho brahmaṇā oh ye brahmans Ja.ii.369 . Double bho b

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Where it lives

Digha Nikaya 777 · 53.96/10k
Sutta Nipata 43 · 21.33/10k
Udana 13 · 6.48/10k
Itivuttaka 3 · 2.59/10k
Dhammapada 1 · 1.9/10k

What it meant — PTS Pali–English Dictionary

indeclinable a familiar term of address (in speaking to equals or inferiors): sir friend, you, my dear; pl. sirs DN.i.88, DN.i.90, DN.i.93, DN.i.111; MN.i.484; Snp.427, Snp.457, Snp.487; with voc. of noun: bho purisa my dear man Ja.i.423; bho brahmaṇā oh ye brahmans Ja.ii.369. Double bho bho Dhp-a.iv.158.

-vādika = ˚vādin Mnd.249.
-vādin a brahman, i.e. one who addresses others with the word “bho,” implying some superiority of the speaker; name given to the brahman, as proud of his birth, in contrast to brāhmaṇa, the true brahman Snp.620; Dhp.396; Ja.vi.211 Ja.vi.214; Dhp-a.iv.158.

voc. of bhavant, cp. Sk. bhoḥ which is the shortened voc. bhagoḥ of Vedic bhagavant; cp. as to form P. āvuso → Sk. āyuṣmaḥ of āyuṣmant

In the wild

6 of 837 attestations shown.

Pali text and translations from SuttaCentral (Bilara), dedicated to the public domain (CC0). PTS Pali–English Dictionary entries, public domain.