"mettā" meaning in Pali

See mettā in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Etymology: From Sanskrit मैत्री (maitrī). Etymology templates: {{der|pi|sa|मैत्री}} Sanskrit मैत्री (maitrī) Head templates: {{pi-noun|f}} mettā f
  1. goodwill, loving-kindness Wikipedia link: mettā Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-mettā-pi-noun-p69V8zrM Categories (other): Pali entries with incorrect language header Synonyms: 𑀫𑁂𑀢𑁆𑀢𑀸 [Brahmi, character], मेत्ता [Devanagari, character], মেত্তা [Bengali], මෙත්තා [Sinhalese, character], မေတ္တာ, မေတ္တႃ, မေတ်တႃ [Burmese, character], เมตฺตา, เมตตา [Thai, character], ᨾᩮᨲ᩠ᨲᩣ [Tai-Tham, character], ເມຕ຺ຕາ, ເມຕຕາ [Lao, character], មេត្តា [Khmer, character], 𑄟𑄬𑄖𑄴𑄖𑄂 [Chakma, character]

Inflected forms

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        {
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          },
          "expansion": "Burmese: မေတ္တာ (metta)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Burmese: မေတ္တာ (metta)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "km",
            "2": "មេត្តា",
            "tr": "meettaa"
          },
          "expansion": "Khmer: មេត្តា (meettaa)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Khmer: មេត្តា (meettaa)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "lo",
            "2": "ເມດຕາ"
          },
          "expansion": "Lao: ເມດຕາ (mēt tā)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Lao: ເມດຕາ (mēt tā)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "khb",
            "2": "ᦵᦙᧆᦎᦱ"
          },
          "expansion": "Lü: ᦵᦙᧆᦎᦱ (medṫaa)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Lü: ᦵᦙᧆᦎᦱ (medṫaa)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "nod",
            "2": "ᨾᩮᨲ᩠ᨲᩣ"
          },
          "expansion": "Northern Thai: ᨾᩮᨲ᩠ᨲᩣ",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Northern Thai: ᨾᩮᨲ᩠ᨲᩣ"
    },
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      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "th",
            "2": "เมตตา"
          },
          "expansion": "Thai: เมตตา (mêet-dtaa)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Thai: เมตตา (mêet-dtaa)"
    }
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    }
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      },
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    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "pi",
  "pos": "noun",
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          "name": "Pali entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
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            "Entry maintenance"
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "goodwill, loving-kindness"
      ],
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      "synonyms": [
        {
          "tags": [
            "Brahmi",
            "character"
          ],
          "word": "𑀫𑁂𑀢𑁆𑀢𑀸"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Devanagari",
            "character"
          ],
          "word": "मेत्ता"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Bengali"
          ],
          "word": "মেত্তা"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Sinhalese",
            "character"
          ],
          "word": "මෙත්තා"
        },
        {
          "word": "မေတ္တာ"
        },
        {
          "word": "မေတ္တႃ"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Burmese",
            "character"
          ],
          "word": "မေတ်တႃ"
        },
        {
          "word": "เมตฺตา"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Thai",
            "character"
          ],
          "word": "เมตตา"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Tai-Tham",
            "character"
          ],
          "word": "ᨾᩮᨲ᩠ᨲᩣ"
        },
        {
          "word": "ເມຕ຺ຕາ"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Lao",
            "character"
          ],
          "word": "ເມຕຕາ"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Khmer",
            "character"
          ],
          "word": "មេត្តា"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Chakma",
            "character"
          ],
          "word": "𑄟𑄬𑄖𑄴𑄖𑄂"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "mettā"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "mettā"
}
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        {
          "args": {
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          },
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          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Burmese: မေတ္တာ (metta)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "km",
            "2": "មេត្តា",
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          },
          "expansion": "Khmer: មេត្តា (meettaa)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Khmer: មេត្តា (meettaa)"
    },
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      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
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          "name": "desc"
        }
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      "text": "Lao: ເມດຕາ (mēt tā)"
    },
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            "1": "khb",
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          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Lü: ᦵᦙᧆᦎᦱ (medṫaa)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "nod",
            "2": "ᨾᩮᨲ᩠ᨲᩣ"
          },
          "expansion": "Northern Thai: ᨾᩮᨲ᩠ᨲᩣ",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Northern Thai: ᨾᩮᨲ᩠ᨲᩣ"
    },
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      "depth": 1,
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        {
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            "2": "เมตตา"
          },
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          "name": "desc"
        }
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      "text": "Thai: เมตตา (mêet-dtaa)"
    }
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    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Sanskrit मैत्री (maitrī).",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "f"
      },
      "expansion": "mettā f",
      "name": "pi-noun"
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "pi",
  "pos": "noun",
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        "Pali entries with incorrect language header",
        "Pali feminine nouns",
        "Pali lemmas",
        "Pali nouns",
        "Pali nouns in Latin script",
        "Pali terms derived from Sanskrit"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "goodwill, loving-kindness"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "mettā"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Brahmi",
        "character"
      ],
      "word": "𑀫𑁂𑀢𑁆𑀢𑀸"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Devanagari",
        "character"
      ],
      "word": "मेत्ता"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Bengali"
      ],
      "word": "মেত্তা"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Sinhalese",
        "character"
      ],
      "word": "මෙත්තා"
    },
    {
      "word": "မေတ္တာ"
    },
    {
      "word": "မေတ္တႃ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Burmese",
        "character"
      ],
      "word": "မေတ်တႃ"
    },
    {
      "word": "เมตฺตา"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Thai",
        "character"
      ],
      "word": "เมตตา"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Tai-Tham",
        "character"
      ],
      "word": "ᨾᩮᨲ᩠ᨲᩣ"
    },
    {
      "word": "ເມຕ຺ຕາ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Lao",
        "character"
      ],
      "word": "ເມຕຕາ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Khmer",
        "character"
      ],
      "word": "មេត្តា"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Chakma",
        "character"
      ],
      "word": "𑄟𑄬𑄖𑄴𑄖𑄂"
    }
  ],
  "word": "mettā"
}

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