เจตนา

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Thai

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Pali cetanā (consciousness; mentation; thought); ultimately from Sanskrit चेतना (cetanā, idem). Cognate with Khmer ចេតនា (ceetaʼnaa).

Pronunciation

Orthographicเจตนา
e t͡ɕ t n ā
Phonemic
เจด-ตะ-นา
e t͡ɕ ɗ – t a – n ā
RomanizationPaiboonjèet-dtà-naa
Royal Institutechet-ta-na
(standard) IPA(key)/t͡ɕeːt̚˨˩.ta˨˩.naː˧/(R)

Noun

เจตนา (jèet-dtà-naa)

  1. intention; intent; design.
    เจตนาฆ่า
    jèet-dtà-naa kâa
    intention to kill (someone)
    เจตนาชั่ว
    jèet-dtà-naa chûua
    ill intent

Adverb

เจตนา (jèet-dtà-naa) (abstract noun ความเจตนา)

  1. intentionally; designedly.
    เจตนาฆ่า
    jèet-dtà-naa kâa
    to kill (someone) intentionally
    ไม่เจตนาฆ่า
    mâi jèet-dtà-naa kâa
    to kill (someone) unintentionally

Verb

เจตนา (jèet-dtà-naa) (abstract noun การเจตนา)

  1. to intend; to have an intention (to, for, etc); to be intentional.
    เจตนาฆ่า
    jèet-dtà-naa kâa
    to intend to kill (someone)
    ไม่เจตนา
    mâi jèet-dtà-naa
    to not mean (to do something); to have no intention (of doing something)

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