นิพพาน

Thai

Alternative forms

Alternative forms
  • นฤพาน (ná-rʉ́-paan)
  • นิรพาณ
  • นิรวาณ
  • นิฤๅพาน
  • นิฤๅพาร

Etymology

From Pali nibbāna (extinction); perhaps via Old Khmer nibbāna (nirvāṇa: final beatitude achieved through emancipation from the cycle of rebirth by extinction of the passions). Compare Old Khmer nirbvāṇa, nirbvāna, nirbāna, nirabāna, nirrabāna, nibvāṇa, nibvāna; Pre-Angkorian Old Khmer nirvvāṇa; Angkorian Old Khmer nirvvāṇa, nirvāṇa. Cognate with Modern Khmer និវ៌ាណ, Khmer និព្វាន (nɨppiən), Khmer និរពាន (nipiən); Sanskrit निर्वाण (nirvāṇa).

Pronunciation

Orthographicนิพพาน
nibbān
Phonemicนิบ-พาน
niɓbān
RomanizationPaiboonníp-paan
Royal Institutenip-phan
(standard) IPA(key)/nip̚˦˥.pʰaːn˧/

Noun

นิพพาน (níp-paan)

  1. (Buddhism, Hinduism) nirvāṇa.
  2. (of a buddha, high priest, or monarch) death.
  3. (slang) supreme bliss; ecstasy.

Verb

นิพพาน (níp-paan) (abstract noun การนิพพาน)

  1. (Buddhism, Hinduism) to attain nirvāṇa.
  2. (of a buddha, high priest, or monarch) to die.
  3. (slang) to experience supreme bliss; to experience ecstasy.

Derived terms

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