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Burmese
Etymology
Borrowed from Pali mettā, ultimately from Sanskrit मैत्री (maitrī). Doublet of မိတ် (mit).
Pronunciation
- Phonetic respelling: မျစ်တာ
- IPA(key): /mjɪʔtà/
- Romanization: MLCTS: metta • ALA-LC: mettā • BGN/PCGN: myitta • Okell: myiʔta
Noun
မေတ္တာ • (metta)
- love, kindness, affection, benevolence
- (Buddhism) metta, one of the Ten Perfections
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Mon
Etymology
Borrowed from Pali metta.
Noun
မေတ္တာ (mètta)
- loving friend
- friendship, love
Pali
Noun
မေတ္တာ f
- Burmese script form of mettā