mettā

See also: metta, Metta, and mettä

Pali

Alternative forms
Alternative forms
  • 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]

Noun

mettā f

  1. 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
  1. 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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