Thai

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Pali kilesa (depravity; depravedness). Cognate with Old Khmer kilesa, kilessa (licentiousness, lust; depravity, dissoluteness, defiling passions); Modern Khmer កិលេស (keleeh).

Pronunciation

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Orthographicกิเลส
k i e l s
Phonemic
กิ-เหฺลด
k i – e h ̥ l ɗ
[bound form]
กิ-เหฺลด-
k i – e h ̥ l ɗ –
[bound form]
กิ-เหฺลด-สะ-
k i – e h ̥ l ɗ – s a –
RomanizationPaiboongì-lèetgì-lèet-gì-lèet-sà-
Royal Instituteki-letki-let-ki-let-sa-
(standard) IPA(key)/ki˨˩.leːt̚˨˩/(R)/ki˨˩.leːt̚˨˩.//ki˨˩.leːt̚˨˩.sa˨˩./

Noun

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กิเลส (gì-lèet)

  1. (Buddhism) kleśa: mental state, such as love, greed, hate, anger, doubt, conceit, shamelessness, etc, that clouds the mind and leads to unwholesome actions.
  2. lust, passion, or desire, especially one this is defiling and overmastering.

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