เวทนา

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• vedanā (Latin script)
• 𑀯𑁂𑀤𑀦𑀸 (Brahmi script)
• वेदना (Devanagari script)
• ৰেদনা (Bengali script)
• වෙදනා (Sinhalese script)
• ဝေဒနာ or ဝေၻၼႃ (Burmese script)
• เวทะนา (Thai script)
• ᩅᩮᨴᨶᩣ (Tai Tham script)
• ເວທນາ or ເວທະນາ (Lao script)
• វេទនា (Khmer script)
• 𑅇𑄬𑄘𑄚𑄂 (Chakma script)

Noun

เวทนา f

1. Thai script form of vedanā

Thai

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 (veittĕəʼniə).

Pronunciation

Orthographic		เวทนา e w d n ā
Phonemic		เว-ทะ-นา e w – d a – n ā	เวด-ทะ-นา e w ɗ – d a – n ā
Romanization	Paiboon	wee-tá-naa	wêet-tá-naa
	Royal Institute	we-tha-na	wet-tha-na
(standard) IPA(key)		/weː˧.tʰa˦˥.naː˧/(R)	/weːt̚˥˩.tʰa˦˥.naː˧/(R)

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

• 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.