guṇa

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”).

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

guṇa

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

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

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

From Sanskrit गुण (guṇa).

guṇa m

1. string, cord
   1. a thread of cloth
   2. (music) string of an instrument
   3. bowstring
   4. (figurative) part, constituent

      pañca kāmaguṇā ― the five strands (parts) of kāma

2. quality, attribute; especially a positive trait

• → Khmer: គុណ (kun)
• → Burmese: ဂုဏ် (gun)
• → Shan: ၵုင်ႇ (kùng)
• → Thai: คุณ (kun)

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