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Thai
Etymology
From Pali nibbāna (“extinction”); perhaps via Old Khmer nibbāna (“nirvāṇa: final beatitude achieved through emancipation from the cycle of rebirth by extinction of the passions”).
Compare Old Khmer nirbvāṇa, nirbvāna, nirbāna, nirabāna, nirrabāna, nibvāṇa, nibvāna; Pre-Angkorian Old Khmer nirvvāṇa; Angkorian Old Khmer nirvvāṇa, nirvāṇa.
And compare Sanskrit निर्वाण (nirvāṇa).
Cognate with Modern Khmer និវ៌ាណ (nĭវ៌ាណ), Khmer និព្វាន (nɨppiən), Khmer និរពាន (nipiən).
Pronunciation
Noun
นิพพาน • (níp-paan)
- (Buddhism, Hinduism) nirvāṇa.
- (of a buddha, high priest, or monarch, archaic when applied to other people than the buddhas) death.
- (slang) supreme bliss; ecstasy.
Verb
นิพพาน • (níp-paan) (abstract noun การนิพพาน)
- (Buddhism, Hinduism) to attain nirvāṇa.
- (of a buddha, high priest, or monarch, archaic when applied to other people than the buddhas) to die.
- (slang) to experience supreme bliss; to experience ecstasy.
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