တဏှာ

Burmese

Etymology

Borrowed from Pali taṇhā. from Sanskrit तृष्णा (tṛṣṇā).

Pronunciation

• Phonetic respelling: တ'ဏှာ
• IPA^(key): /tən̥à/
• Romanization: MLCTS: ta.hna • ALA-LC: taṇhā • BGN/PCGN: tăhna • Okell: tăhna

Noun

တဏှာ • (ta.hna)

1. desire; lust; craving

See also

• ရာဂ (raga.), လောဘ (lau:bha.)

Further reading

• “တဏှာ” in Myanmar–English Dictionary (Myanmar Language Commission 1993). Searchable online at SEAlang.net.

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• taṇhā (Latin script)
• 𑀢𑀡𑁆𑀳𑀸 (Brahmi script)
• तण्हा (Devanagari script)
• তণ্হা (Bengali script)
• තණ‍්හා (Sinhalese script)
• တꧣှႃ (Burmese script)
• ตณฺหา or ตัณหา (Thai script)
• ᨲᨱ᩠ᩉᩣ (Tai Tham script)
• ຕຓ຺ຫາ or ຕັຓຫາ (Lao script)
• តណ្ហា (Khmer script)
• 𑄖𑄕𑄴𑄦𑄂 (Chakma script)

Noun

တဏှာ f

1. Burmese script form of taṇhā