"guṇa" meaning in Pali

See guṇa in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Etymology: From Sanskrit गुण (guṇa). Etymology templates: {{der|pi|sa|गुण}} Sanskrit गुण (guṇa) Head templates: {{pi-noun|m}} guṇa m Inflection templates: {{pi-decl-noun|g=m}} Forms: masculine [table-tags], guṇo [nominative, singular], guṇā [nominative, plural], guṇaṃ [accusative, singular], guṇe [accusative, plural], guṇena [instrumental, singular], guṇehi [instrumental, plural], guṇebhi [instrumental, plural], guṇassa [dative, singular], guṇāya [dative, singular], guṇatthaṃ [dative, singular], guṇānaṃ [dative, plural], guṇasmā [ablative, singular], guṇamhā [ablative, singular], guṇā [ablative, singular], guṇehi [ablative, plural], guṇebhi [ablative, plural], guṇassa [genitive, singular], guṇānaṃ [genitive, plural], guṇasmiṃ [locative, singular], guṇamhi [locative, singular], guṇe [locative, singular], guṇesu [locative, plural], guṇa [singular, vocative], guṇā [plural, vocative]
  1. string, cord
    a thread of cloth
    Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-guṇa-pi-noun-nfc1Pmi6
  2. string, cord
    (music) string of an instrument
    Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-guṇa-pi-noun-ZPhecWXs Categories (other): Music, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Pali entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 6 2 3 3 3 17 2 3 2 7 33 9 7 4 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 5 2 2 2 3 14 2 2 2 5 46 7 5 4 Disambiguation of Pali entries with incorrect language header: 14 48 8 8 22 Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music
  3. string, cord
    bowstring
    Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-guṇa-pi-noun-m2VsX30P
  4. string, cord
    (figurative) part, constituent
    Tags: figuratively, masculine
    Sense id: en-guṇa-pi-noun-HvazWpLA
  5. quality, attribute; especially a positive trait Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-guṇa-pi-noun-GDNdHf42

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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        "nominative",
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      "source": "declension",
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        "accusative",
        "plural"
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      "source": "declension",
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        "singular"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "guṇehi",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "plural"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "guṇebhi",
      "source": "declension",
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      "form": "guṇassa",
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      "tags": [
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        "singular"
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      "form": "guṇāya",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
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      "form": "guṇatthaṃ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
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      "form": "guṇamhā",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "guṇā",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "guṇehi",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "guṇebhi",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
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      "source": "declension",
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        "singular"
      ]
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      "source": "declension",
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        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "guṇasmiṃ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "guṇe",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "guṇesu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "guṇa",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
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      "form": "guṇā",
      "source": "declension",
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        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
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          "cloth"
        ]
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        "lifestyle",
        "music"
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        "bowstring"
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        [
          "string",
          "string"
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        [
          "cord",
          "cord"
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        [
          "bowstring",
          "bowstring"
        ]
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        "masculine"
      ]
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          "english": "the five strands (parts) of kāma",
          "text": "pañca kāmaguṇā",
          "type": "example"
        }
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        "part, constituent"
      ],
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        [
          "string",
          "string"
        ],
        [
          "cord",
          "cord"
        ],
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          "part",
          "part"
        ],
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          "constituent"
        ]
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        "string, cord",
        "(figurative) part, constituent"
      ],
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        "masculine"
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      ],
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          "quality"
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        [
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          "attribute"
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          "positive",
          "positive"
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          "trait"
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}
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    "Pali lemmas",
    "Pali masculine nouns",
    "Pali nouns",
    "Pali nouns in Latin script",
    "Pali terms derived from Sanskrit"
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            "1": "shn",
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            "bor": "1"
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          "name": "desc"
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          "args": {
            "1": "th",
            "2": "คุณ",
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          "name": "desc"
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      "source": "declension",
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      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
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    {
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
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    {
      "form": "guṇaṃ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
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        "singular"
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "plural"
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      "source": "declension",
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        "plural"
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
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        "singular"
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    {
      "form": "guṇāya",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "guṇatthaṃ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "guṇānaṃ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
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    {
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
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    {
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "guṇamhi",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "guṇe",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "guṇesu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "guṇa",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "source": "declension",
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        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
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        "string, cord",
        "(music) string of an instrument"
      ],
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      ],
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        "entertainment",
        "lifestyle",
        "music"
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        "bowstring"
      ],
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          "string"
        ],
        [
          "cord",
          "cord"
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          "text": "pañca kāmaguṇā",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
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        "string, cord",
        "part, constituent"
      ],
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        [
          "string",
          "string"
        ],
        [
          "cord",
          "cord"
        ],
        [
          "part",
          "part"
        ],
        [
          "constituent",
          "constituent"
        ]
      ],
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        "string, cord",
        "(figurative) part, constituent"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "quality, attribute; especially a positive trait"
      ],
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        [
          "quality",
          "quality"
        ],
        [
          "attribute",
          "attribute"
        ],
        [
          "positive",
          "positive"
        ],
        [
          "trait",
          "trait"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "guṇa"
}

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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Pali dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-06-05 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-06-01 using wiktextract (5ee713e and f1c2b61). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.