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Pali
Noun
เวทนา f
- Thai script form of vedanā
Thai
Etymology
From Pali vedanā (“ache; agony; misery; pain; soreness; suffering; etc”) or Sanskrit वेदना (vedanā, idem); possibly via Old Khmer veddanā (“feeling, sensation; ache, agony, misery, pain, soreness, suffering”). Cognate with Modern Khmer វេទនា (veittĕəʼniə).
Pronunciation
Usage notes
- The noun is pronounced wee-tá-naa.
- The verb is pronounced wêet-tá-naa.
Noun
เวทนา • (wee-tá-naa)
- (Buddhism) feeling, sensation, or emotion, being one of the five ขันธ์ (“aggregates”) that constitute a sentient being; the other four being รูป (rûup, “form; body”), สัญญา (sǎn-yaa, “perception”), สังขาร (sǎng-kǎan, “impulse”), and วิญญาณ (win-yaan, “consciousness”).
- (elegant) feeling; sensation; emotion.
- (elegant) ache; agony; misery; pain; soreness; suffering.
- (literature) pathos.
Derived terms
Verb
เวทนา • (wêet-tá-naa) (abstract noun การเวทนา or ความเวทนา)
- to feel pity (for, on, etc); to take pity (on); to ache (for); to commiserate.