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Borrowed from Sanskrit गुण (guṇa, “single thread of a cord; -fold, times; subdivision, species, kind, quality, attribute, property; constituent of Prakṛti; property or characteristic of all created things”).

• IPA(key): /ɡu.na/
• Rhymes: -na
• Hyphenation: gu‧ṇa

guṇa

1. quality
2. property
3. virtue
4. excellence
5. accomplishment
6. skill
7. use
8. employment
9. magic

• aguṇa

• ginuṇa

• ginuṇākĕn

• maguṇa

• makaguṇa

• piguṇa

• piniguṇa

• piniguṇan

• aguṇa

• alpaguṇa

• anindyaguṇa

• aṣṭaguṇa

• daśaguṇa

• dwiguṇa

• guṇa tuha

• guṇabhikṣama

• guṇadoṣa

• guṇagaṇa

• guṇagaṇita

• guṇagrāhī

• guṇahasti

• guṇajña

• guṇakāya

• guṇamanta

• guṇastotra

• guṇatattwa

• guṇawidhi

• guṇawiśeṣa

• guṇawān

• guṇaśakti

• guṇaśaktimanda

• hīnaguṇa

• kālaguṇa

• mahāguṇa

• mandaguṇa

• mandiguṇa

• nirguṇa

• paraguṇa

• paramaguṇa

• parārthaguṇa

• rāsikaguṇa

• saguṇa

• sahasraguṇa

• sarwaguṇa

• sattwaguṇa

• suguṇa

• swaguṇa

• triguṇa

• tunaguṇa

• śataguṇa

• ṣaḍguṇa

• Javanese: ꦒꦸꦤ (guna)

• → Balinese: ᬕᬸᬡ (guna)

• "guṇa" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.

Alternative scripts

• 𑀕𑀼𑀡 (Brahmi script)
• गुण (Devanagari script)
• গুণ (Bengali script)
• ගුණ (Sinhalese script)
• ဂုဏ or ၷုꧣ (Burmese script)
• คุณ or คุณะ (Thai script)
• ᨣᩩᨱ (Tai Tham script)
• ຄຸຓ or ຄຸຓະ (Lao script)
• គុណ (Khmer script)
• 𑄉𑄪𑄕 (Chakma script)

From Sanskrit गुण (guṇa).

guṇa m

1. string, cord
   1. a thread of cloth
   2. (music) string of an instrument
   3. bowstring
   4. (figurative) part, constituent
      pañca kāmaguṇā ― the five strands (parts) of kāma
2. quality, attribute; especially a positive trait

• → Khmer: គុណ (kun)
• → Burmese: ဂုဏ် (gun)
• → Shan: ၵုင်ႇ (kùng)
• → Thai: คุณ (kun)
• Pali Text Society (1921–1925) “guṇa”, in Pali-English Dictionary‎, London: Chipstead