dukkha

English

Etymology

Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈdʊkə/

Noun

dukkha (countable and uncountable, plural dukkhas)

  1. (Buddhism) The three main types of pain, suffering, or stress: physical and mental, impermanence, and conditioned states. One of the three marks of existence.

Translations

Anagrams

Pali

Alternative forms
Alternative forms
  • 𑀤𑀼𑀓𑁆𑀔 (Brahmi script)
  • दुक्ख (Devanagari script)
  • দুক্খ (Bengali script)
  • දුක‍්ඛ (Sinhalese script)
  • ဒုက္ခ or ၻုၵ္ၶ or ၻုၵ်ၶ (Burmese script)
  • ทุกฺข or ทุกขะ (Thai script)
  • ᨴᩩᨠ᩠ᨡ (Tai Tham script)
  • ທຸກ຺ຂ or ທຸກຂະ (Lao script)
  • ទុក្ខ (Khmer script)
  • 𑄘𑄪𑄇𑄴𑄈 (Chakma script)

Etymology

From Sanskrit दुःख (duḥkha).

Noun

dukkha n

  1. (Buddhism) suffering, discontent, dissatisfaction

Declension

Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

Descendants
  • → Malay: duka
  • → Burmese: ဒုက္ခ (dukhka.)
  • Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)
  • → Thai: ทุกข์ (túk)
  • → Khmer: ទុក្ខ (tuk)
  • → Tagalog: dukhâ

Further reading
  • Pali Text Society (1921–1925), “dukkha”, in Pali-English Dictionary‎, London: Chipstead
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