ဥပေက္ခာ

Burmese

Etymology

From Pali upekkhā.

Pronunciation

• Phonetic respelling: ဥပက်ခါ
• IPA^(key): /ʔṵpɛʔkʰà/
• Romanization: MLCTS: u.pekhka • ALA-LC: upekkhā • BGN/PCGN: u.pethka • Okell: úpeʔhka

Noun

ဥပေက္ခာ • (u.pekhka)

1. detachment, indifference
2. (Buddhism) equanimity or serenity, one of the Ten Perfections

Derived terms

• ဥပေက္ခါပြု (u.pekhka-pru.)

 

See also

• ပါရမီဆယ်ပါး (para.mihcaipa:)

References

• “ဥပေက္ခာ” in Myanmar–English Dictionary (Myanmar Language Commission 1993). Searchable online at SEAlang.net.