เวทนา

Thai

Alternative forms

Alternative forms
  • เพทนา

Etymology

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 (veitniə).

Pronunciation

Orthographicเวทนา
ewdnā
Phonemicเว-ทะ-นา
ewdanā
เวด-ทะ-นา
ewɗdanā
RomanizationPaiboonwee-tá-naawêet-tá-naa
Royal Institutewe-tha-nawet-tha-na
(standard) IPA(key)/weː˧.tʰa˦˥.naː˧//weːt̚˥˩.tʰa˦˥.naː˧/

Usage notes

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

Noun

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.

Derived terms

Derived terms
  • ทุกขเวทนา

Verb

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.
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