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Noun

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เวทนา f

  1. Thai script form of vedanā

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Etymology

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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

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Orthographicเวทนา
e w d n ā
Phonemic
เว-ทะ-นา
e w – d a – n ā
เวด-ทะ-นา
e w ɗ – d a – n ā
RomanizationPaiboonwee-tá-naawêet-tá-naa
Royal Institutewe-tha-nawet-tha-na
(standard) IPA(key)/weː˧.tʰa˦˥.naː˧/(R)/weːt̚˥˩.tʰa˦˥.naː˧/(R)

Usage notes

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  • The noun is pronounced wee-tá-naa.
  • The verb is pronounced wêet-tá-naa.

Noun

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เวทนา (wee-tá-naa)

  1. (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).
  2. (elegant) feeling; sensation; emotion.
  3. (elegant) ache; agony; misery; pain; soreness; suffering.
  4. (literature) pathos.

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Verb

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เวทนา (wêet-tá-naa) (abstract noun การเวทนา or ความเวทนา)

  1. to feel pity (for, on, etc); to take pity (on); to ache (for); to commiserate.