taṇhā
Pali
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Definitions
- (Buddhism) thirst, desire, craving, identified as the principle cause of dukkha.
Etymology
Derived from Sanskrit तृष्णा (thirst, desire) inherited from Proto-Indo-European *ters- (dry).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*ters-
Gloss
dry
Concept
Semantic Field
Sense perception
Ontological Category
Property
Kanji
干, 乾
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Newfoundland English
- Terra English
- Terran English
- athirst English
- bloodthirst English
- extraterrestrial English
- forthirst English
- reinter English
- subterrestrial English
- superterrestrial English
- terrane English
- territory English
- thirst English
- thirst-buster English
- thirster English
- thirstest English
- thirsteth English
- thirstful English
- thirstland English
- thirstless English
- thirsty English
- toast English
- *interrāre Latin
- attorreo Latin
- contorreo Latin
- detorreo Latin
- dētergēns Latin
- extorreo Latin
- mediterraneus Latin
- mediterrāneus Latin
- subterraneus Latin
- terra Latin
- terrenum Latin
- terrestris Latin
- territorium Latin
- terrēnus Latin
- tescum Latin
- torrefacio Latin
- torrens Latin
- torrentem Latin
- torreō Latin
- torridus Latin
- tostum Latin
- tostus Latin
- tosto Italian
- bientôt French
- désenterrer French
- plutôt French
- sitôt French
- tantôt French
- terroir French
- torrentiel French
- tôt French
- μεσόγαιος Ancient Greek
- τέρσομαι Ancient Greek
- ταρσός Ancient Greek
- *ters- Proto-Indo-European
- *ters-eh₂ Proto-Indo-European
- *torséyeti Proto-Indo-European
- *tr̥s- Proto-Indo-European
- *tr̥s-nó-s Proto-Indo-European
- *tr̥s-yé-ti Proto-Indo-European
- *térstus Proto-Indo-European
- *térsus Proto-Indo-European
- *þarzijaną Proto-Germanic
- *þursakōną Proto-Germanic
- *þurskaz Proto-Germanic
- *þurstiz Proto-Germanic
- *þurstuz Proto-Germanic
- *þursuz Proto-Germanic
- *þurzijaną Proto-Germanic
- *þurznaną Proto-Germanic
- तृष्णा Sanskrit
- तृष्यति Sanskrit
- मृगतृष्णा Sanskrit
- thirst Middle English
- tost Middle English
- þurkan Old Norse
- þurrleikr Old Norse
- þyrsklingr Old Norse
- þyrstr Old Norse
- तृष्णा Hindi
- թառ Armenian
- թառել Armenian
- թարշամել Armenian
- ตัณหา Thai
- թառամ Old Armenian
- թառամիմ Old Armenian
- terc Old Irish
- tíraid Old Irish
- တဏှာ Burmese
- *tīros Proto-Celtic
- तहान Marathi
- *tŕ̥ṣṇaH Proto-Indo-Aryan
- terrassa Old Occitan
- tost Venetian
- 𑀢𑀡𑁆𑀳𑀸 Maharastri Prakrit
- թառել Middle Armenian
- ತೃಷ್ಣೆ Kannada
- तान Konkani
- तान्ह Old Marathi
- 𑘝𑘰𑘡𑘿𑘮 Old Marathi