ovadiya : [abs. of ovadati] having exhorted or advised.

A.P. Buddhadatta Mahathera, Concise Pali-English and English-Pali Dictionary [available as digital version from Metta Net, Sri Lanka]

Ovadiya (adj.) [grd. of ovadati] who or what can be ad- vised, advisable Vin i.59 (+ anusāsiya); Vv 8436 (= ovāda -- vasena vattabbaŋ VvA 345).

Pali-English Dictionary, TW Rhys Davids, William Stede,