Taṇhā, literally thirst, is the craving the Buddha named as the origin of suffering. It takes three forms: craving for sense pleasures, for existence and for non-existence. Its cessation is nibbāna. In the chain of dependent origination it arises from feeling and gives rise to clinging.
Taṇhā
Craving or thirst: the second noble truth, the desire that drives rebirth and suffering.
Also: Tanha, trishna, craving