adjective belonging to a citizen, i.e. citizenlike, urbane, polite usually in phrase; porī vācā polite speech DN.i.4, DN.i.114; SN.i.189; SN.ii.280 = AN.ii.51; AN.iii.114; Pp.57; Dhs.1344; DN-a.i.75, DN-a.i.282; Dhs-a.397. Cp. BSk. paurī vācā Mvu.iii.322.

fr. pora = Epic Sk. paura citizen, see pura. Semantically cp. urbane → urbanus → urbs; polite πολίτησ ̓πόλις. For pop. etym. see DN-a.i.73 & DN-a.i.282