Pāli Dictionary

dubbaṇṇa

durprefixvarrootnasuffix

Part of speech

adjective

Root

var1couvrir; habiller; retenir

Synonyms

asubha

Antonyms

suvaṇṇa

general

  • laid; disgracieux; inesthétique

  • ugly; unattractive; bad-looking

  • AN 7.64

    idha, bhikkhave, sapatto sapattassa evaṃ icchati, aho vat'āyaṃ dubbaṇṇo assā'ti! taṃ kissa hetu? na, bhikkhave, sapatto sapattassa vaṇṇavatāya nandati.

  • AN 4.85

    so ca hoti dubbaṇṇo duddasiko okoṭimako bavh'ābādho kāṇo vā kuṇī vā khañjo vā pakkhahato vā, na lābhī annassa pānassa vatthassa yānassa mālāgandhavilepanassa seyyāvasathapadīpeyyassa.

  • décoloré; de mauvaise couleur; fané

  • discoloured; of bad colour; faded

  • AN 7.64

    idha, bhikkhave, sapatto sapattassa evaṃ icchati, aho vat'āyaṃ dubbaṇṇo assā'ti! taṃ kissa hetu? na, bhikkhave, sapatto sapattassa vaṇṇavatāya nandati.

  • AN 4.85

    so ca hoti dubbaṇṇo duddasiko okoṭimako bavh'ābādho kāṇo vā kuṇī vā khañjo vā pakkhahato vā, na lābhī annassa pānassa vatthassa yānassa mālāgandhavilepanassa seyyāvasathapadīpeyyassa.

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