เวทนา

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 (veitniə).

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˧/	/weːt̚˥˩.tʰa˦˥.naː˧/

Usage notes

The noun is pronounced wee-tá-naa.
The verb is pronounced wêet-tá-naa.

Noun

เวทนา • (wee-tá-naa)

(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”).
(elegant) feeling; sensation; emotion.
(elegant) ache; agony; misery; pain; soreness; suffering.
(literature) pathos.

Derived terms

ทุกขเวทนา

Verb

เวทนา • (wêet-tá-naa) (abstract noun การเวทนา or ความเวทนา)

to feel pity (for, on, etc); to take pity (on); to ache (for); to commiserate.