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dukkha

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • /ˈdʊkə/
  • /ˈdukə/
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noun

Meaning 1

The three main types of pain, suffering, or stress: physical and mental, impermanence, and conditioned states. One of the three marks of existence.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: Buddhism, lifestyle, religion

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Transliteration of Pali dukkha.

Across languages

Translations

24 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bengali: দুঃখ (dukkho) — suffering
  • Burmese: ဒုက္ခ (dukhka.) — suffering
  • Chinese Mandarin: 苦 (kǔ) — suffering
  • Finnish: tyydyttämättömyys — suffering
  • Finnish: dukkha — suffering
  • French: dukkha — suffering
  • Hindi: दुःख (duḥkh) — suffering
  • Indonesian: duka — suffering
  • Japanese: 苦 (ku) — suffering
  • Khmer: ទុក្ខ (tuk) — suffering
  • Korean: 고 (go) — suffering
  • Lao: ທຸກ (thuk) — suffering
  • Malay: duka — suffering
  • Marathi: दुःख (duḥkha) — suffering
  • Mongolian: зовлон (zovlon) — suffering
  • Pali: dukkha — suffering
  • Russian: ду́ккха (dúkkxa) — suffering
  • Russian: ду́хкха (dúxkxa) — suffering
  • Sanskrit: दुःख (duḥkha) — suffering
  • Shan: တုၵ်ႉၶႃႉ (tṵ̂k khâ̰a) — suffering
  • Sinhalese: දුක්ඛ (dukkha) — suffering
  • Thai: ทุกข์ (túk) — suffering
  • Tibetan: སྡུག་བསྔལ (sdug bsngal) — suffering
  • Vietnamese: khổ — suffering