กิเลส

Thai

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Pali kilesa (“depravity; depravedness”). Cognate with Old Khmer kilesa, kilessa (“licentiousness, lust; depravity, dissoluteness, defiling passions”); Modern Khmer កិលេស (keleeh).

Pronunciation

Orthographicกิเลส
k i e l s
Phonemic
กิ-เหฺลด
k i – e h ̥ l ɗ
[bound form]
กิ-เหฺลด-
k i – e h ̥ l ɗ –
[bound form]
กิ-เหฺลด-สะ-
k i – e h ̥ l ɗ – s a –
RomanizationPaiboongì-lèetgì-lèet-gì-lèet-sà-
Royal Instituteki-letki-let-ki-let-sa-
(standard) IPA(key)/ki˨˩.leːt̚˨˩/(R)/ki˨˩.leːt̚˨˩.//ki˨˩.leːt̚˨˩.sa˨˩./

Noun

กิเลส • (gì-lèet)

  1. (Buddhism) kleśa: mental state, such as love, greed, hate, anger, doubt, conceit, shamelessness, etc, that clouds the mind and leads to unwholesome actions.
  2. lust, passion, or desire, especially one this is defiling and overmastering.

Derived terms

  • กิเลสตัณหา
  • กิเลสมาร
  • สังกิเลส
  • อุปกิเลส
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