mettā
Pali
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Etymology
editFrom Sanskrit मैत्री (maitrī).[1]
Noun
editmettā f
- goodwill, loving-kindness
Descendants
edit- Burmese: မေတ္တာ (metta)
- Khmer: មេត្តា (meettaa)
- Lao: ເມດຕາ (mēt tā)
- Lü: ᦵᦙᧆᦎᦱ (medṫaa)
- Northern Thai: ᨾᩮᨲ᩠ᨲᩣ
- Thai: เมตตา (mêet-dtaa)
References
edit- ^ Mizuno, Kōgen (2005) 増補改訂パーリ語辞典 [Pali Dictionary, Expanded Edition] (in Japanese), Tokyo: Shunjūsha, →ISBN, page 261