မေတ္တာ
Burmese
Etymology
Borrowed from Pali mettā, ultimately from Sanskrit मैत्री (maitrī). Doublet of မိတ် (mit).
Pronunciation
- Phonetic respelling: မျစ်တာ
- IPA(key): /mjɪʔtà/
- Romanization: MLCTS: metta • ALA-LC: mettā • BGN/PCGN: myitta • Okell: myiʔta
Noun
မေတ္တာ • (metta)
- love, kindness, affection, benevolence
- (Buddhism) metta, one of the Ten Perfections
Derived terms
- မေတ္တာစာ (mettaca, noun)
- မေတ္တာပို့ (mettapui., verb)
- မေတ္တာရပ်ခံ (mettaraphkam, verb)
See also
- ပါရမီဆယ်ပါး (para.mihcaipa:)
References
- “မေတ္တာ” in Myanmar–English Dictionary (Myanmar Language Commission 1993). Searchable online at SEAlang.net.
Pali
Alternative forms
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