dukkha

[ doo-kuh ]
/ ˈdu kə /

noun Buddhism.

the first of the Four Noble Truths, that all human experience is transient and that suffering results from excessive desire and attachment.

Origin of dukkha

From Pali

Words nearby dukkha

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British Dictionary definitions for dukkha

dukkha
/ (ˈdukə) /

noun

(in Theravada Buddhism) the belief that all things are suffering, due to the desire to seek permanence or recognize the self when neither exist: one of the three basic characteristics of existence Sanskrit word: duhkha Compare anata, anicca

Word Origin for dukkha

Pali, literally: suffering, illness