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