दुःखduḥkha

दुःख (duḥkha) is a Sanskrit word meaning uneasy, uncomfortable, unpleasant, or difficult, uneasiness, pain, sorrow, trouble, or difficulty, with difficulty, scarcely, hardly, it is difficult, to be sad or uneasy, to pain. Its 29 recorded definitions are grouped into 6 contexts, among them Adjective: Painful, Unpleasant, Difficult, Miserable, Noun: Pain, Sorrow, Unhappiness, Distress, Verbal: To Cause/Feel Pain, To Be Sad.

Roots
अस् (as), कृ (kṛ)
Etymology
E. दुःख to give pain, affix अच्; or दु bad, and ख्या to call; or खन to dig, ड aff
Definitions
29
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Meanings by context

Adjective: Painful, Unpleasant, Difficult, Miserable

10 definitions
uneasy, uncomfortable, unpleasant, or difficult

Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

Painful, disagreeable, unpleasant

Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

difficult, uneasy

Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

pained, afflicted, distressed

Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

full of trouble or grief

Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

unhappy

Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. Unpleasant, wretched, or fraught with hardship. 2. Pain, misery, or suffering.

Macdonell Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. Painful or unpleasant. 2. Uneasy or difficult.

Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. Uneasy or unpleasant. 2. Uneasiness, pain, or sorrow.

Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. Miserable. 2. Misery, pain, or sorrow.

Lanman's Sanskrit Reader Vocabulary

Noun: Pain, Sorrow, Unhappiness, Distress

9 definitions
uneasiness, pain, sorrow, trouble, or difficulty

Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

Sorrow, grief, or pain

Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

occurrence of trouble or misery

Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. Pain, sorrow, affliction, distress, or unhappiness. 2. The world. 3. Difficulty or trouble.

Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Pain, distress

Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. Unhappiness, sorrow, or pain. 2. Difficulty or trouble.

Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. Pain, sorrow, or distress. 2. The world. 3. Difficulty or trouble.

Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. Pain. 2. Painful or unpleasant. 3. Difficult.

Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. Uneasiness, unhappiness, pain, sorrow, affliction, distress, misery, anguish, or agony. 2. Difficulty or trouble. 3. Unhappiness or pain personified. 4. Painful, disagreeable, unpleasant, uncomfortable, uneasy, or difficult.

Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872)

Verbal: To Cause/Feel Pain, To Be Sad

5 definitions
to be sad or uneasy

Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

to cause or feel pain

Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

to pain

Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

To give pain

Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary

To give pain

Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Adverbial/Impersonal: With Difficulty, Scarcely, Hardly

2 definitions
with difficulty, scarcely, hardly

Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

it is difficult

Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

Specific Manifestations: Denoting particular hardships or difficult actions/characteristics

2 definitions
obtained or effected with trouble

Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Reared with trouble and difficulty

Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Noun: Trouble, Difficulty

1 definition
Trouble or difficulty

Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

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Definitions on this page come from 11 works: Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Lanman's Sanskrit Reader Vocabulary, Macdonell Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872), Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899), Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary. Text from the Cologne Digital Sanskrit Lexicon.