guṇa

Old Javanese

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit गुण (guṇa, single thread of a cord; -fold, times; subdivision, species, kind, quality, attribute, property; constituent of Prakṛti; property or characteristic of all created things).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡu.na/
  • Rhymes: -na
  • Hyphenation: gu‧ṇa

Noun

guṇa

  1. quality
  2. property
  3. virtue
  4. excellence
  5. accomplishment
  6. skill
  7. use
  8. employment
  9. magic

Derived terms

  • aguṇa
  • ginuṇa
  • ginuṇākĕn
  • maguṇa
  • makaguṇa
  • piguṇa
  • piniguṇa
  • piniguṇan
  • aguṇa
  • alpaguṇa
  • anindyaguṇa
  • aṣṭaguṇa
  • daśaguṇa
  • dwiguṇa
  • guṇa tuha
  • guṇabhikṣama
  • guṇadoṣa
  • guṇagaṇa
  • guṇagaṇita
  • guṇagrāhī
  • guṇahasti
  • guṇajña
  • guṇakāya
  • guṇamanta
  • guṇastotra
  • guṇatattwa
  • guṇawidhi
  • guṇawiśeṣa
  • guṇawān
  • guṇaśakti
  • guṇaśaktimanda
  • hīnaguṇa
  • kālaguṇa
  • mahāguṇa
  • mandaguṇa
  • mandiguṇa
  • nirguṇa
  • paraguṇa
  • paramaguṇa
  • parārthaguṇa
  • rāsikaguṇa
  • saguṇa
  • sahasraguṇa
  • sarwaguṇa
  • sattwaguṇa
  • suguṇa
  • swaguṇa
  • triguṇa
  • tunaguṇa
  • śataguṇa
  • ṣaḍguṇa

Descendants

  • Javanese: ꦒꦸꦤ (guna)
  • Balinese: ᬕᬸᬡ (guna)

Further reading

  • "guṇa" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.

Pali

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Sanskrit गुण (guṇa).

Noun

guṇa m

  1. string, cord
    1. a thread of cloth
    2. (music) string of an instrument
    3. bowstring
    4. (figurative) part, constituent
      pañca kāmaguṇāthe five strands (parts) of kāma
  2. quality, attribute; especially a positive trait

Declension

Descendants

References

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