Meanings
every sense kept, sourced — never invented1adj.
goodlexitron
2n.
delight; happinesswiktionary
3n.
meritwiktionary
4n.
favourable outcome of a good deed done in one's previous lifewiktionary
5n.
goodness; moral excellence; virtuewiktionary
6n.
favour; kindness; mercywiktionary
7n.
religious ceremony or festival, especially one involving merriment or the making of merit(dialectal)wiktionary
In the readings
real sentences, spoken by real voicesเดือนพฤษภาคม หมู่บ้านของฉันมีงานบุญบั้งไฟ
In May, my village holds the rocket festival.
Built from
From Pali puñña (“good; merit”); perhaps via Old Khmer បុណ្យ (puṇya, “good or pious work; act of merit; merit; ceremony, rite, service; festival”). Cognate with Lao ບຸນ (bun), Lü ᦢᦳᧃ (ḃun), Khmer បុញ្ញ (boññɔɔ), Burmese ပုည (pu.nya.).