micchā

Pali

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts
  • 𑀫𑀺𑀘𑁆𑀙𑀸 (Brahmi script)
  • मिच्छा (Devanagari script)
  • মিচ্ছা (Bengali script)
  • මිච‍්ඡා (Sinhalese script)
  • မိစ္ဆာ or မိၸ္ꧡႃ or မိၸ်ꧡႃ (Burmese script)
  • มิจฺฉา or มิจฉา (Thai script)
  • ᨾᩥᨧ᩠ᨨᩣ (Tai Tham script)
  • ມິຈ຺ຉາ or ມິຈຉາ (Lao script)
  • មិច្ឆា (Khmer script)
  • 𑄟𑄨𑄌𑄴𑄍𑄂 (Chakma script)

Etymology

From Sanskrit मिथ्या (mithyā, “falsedom”).

Adverb

micchā

  1. wrong, wrongly

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → Burmese: မိစ္ဆာ (michca)
  • → Khmer: មិច្ឆា (mɨcchaa)
  • → Thai: มิจฉา (mít-chǎa)

Further reading

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