guṇa

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Old Javanese

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit गुण (guṇa, single thread of a cord; -fold, times; subdivision, species, kind, quality, attribute, property; constituent of Prakṛti; property or characteristic of all created things).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡu.na/
  • Rhymes: -na
  • Hyphenation: gu‧ṇa

Noun

guṇa

  1. quality
  2. property
  3. virtue
  4. excellence
  5. accomplishment
  6. skill
  7. use
  8. employment
  9. magic

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Javanese: ꦒꦸꦤ (guna)
  • Balinese: ᬕᬸᬡ (guna)

Further reading

  • "guṇa" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.

Pali

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Sanskrit गुण (guṇa).

Noun

guṇa m

  1. string, cord
    1. a thread of cloth
    2. (music) string of an instrument
    3. bowstring
    4. (figurative) part, constituent
      pañca kāmaguṇāthe five strands (parts) of kāma
  2. quality, attribute; especially a positive trait

Declension

Descendants

References

  • Pali Text Society (1921–1925) “guṇa”, in Pali-English Dictionary‎, London: Chipstead