mettā
Pali edit
Alternative forms edit
Alternative forms
Etymology edit
From Sanskrit मैत्री (maitrī).[1]
Noun edit
mettā 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