mettā

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See also: metta, Metta, and mettä

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

𑀫𑁂𑀢𑁆𑀢𑀸 (Brahmi script)
मेत्ता (Devanagari script)
মেত্তা (Bengali script)
මෙත‍්තා (Sinhalese script)
မေတ္တာ or မေတ္တႃ or မေတ်တႃ (Burmese script)
เมตฺตา or เมตตา (Thai script)
ᨾᩮᨲ᩠ᨲᩣ (Tai Tham script)
ເມຕ຺ຕາ or ເມຕຕາ (Lao script)
មេត្តា (Khmer script)
𑄟𑄬𑄖𑄴𑄖𑄂 (Chakma script)

Etymology

From Sanskrit मैत्री (maitrī).^[1]

Nomen

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mettā

mettā f

goodwill, loving-kindness

Descendants

Burmese: မေတ္တာ (metta)
Khmer: មេត្តា (meettaa)
Lao: ເມດຕາ (mēt tā)
Lü: ᦵᦙᧆᦎᦱ (medṫaa)
Northern Thai: ᨾᩮᨲ᩠ᨲᩣ
Thai: เมตตา (mêet-dtaa)

References

^ Mizuno, Kōgen (2005) 増補改訂パーリ語辞典 [Pali Dictionary, Expanded Edition] (in Japanese), Tokyo: Shunjūsha, →ISBN, page 261

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