uncertainty : (f.) vicikicchā. (m.) sandeha.

A.P. Buddhadatta Mahathera, Concise Pali-English and English-Pali Dictionary [available as digital version from Metta Net, Sri Lanka]

the tshom

[translation-san] {MSA,MV} vicikitsā

[translation-san] {MSA} vicikitsatā

[translation-san] {LCh,MSA} saṃśaya

[translation-san] {MSA} saṃdeha

[translation-san] saṃdigdha

[translation-san] {C} vimati

[translation-eng] {Hopkins} doubt; qualm; suspicion

[translation-eng] {C} perplexity; uncertainty; consternation

[definition-bod] mtshan nyid 1 rang stobs kyis mtha' gnyis su dogs pa'i rig pa/ 2 rang yul la dogs pa'i rig pa/

[definition-eng] Def.: (1) a knower which by its own power has doubts in two directions; or: (2) an awareness having qualms with respect to its object

[division-bod] dbye ba 1 don 'gyur gyi the tshom/ 2 don mi 'gyur gyi the tshom/ 3 cha mnyam pa'i the tshom/

[division-eng] Div.: (1) doubt tending toward the fact; (2) doubt not tending toward the fact; (3) equal doubt

[comments] Comment: This is one of the six root afflictions (rtsa nyon, mūlakleśa): desire ('dod chogs, rāga); (2) anger (khong khro, pratigha); (3) pride (nga rgyal, māna); (4) ignorance (ma rig pa, avidyā); (5) doubt (the tshom, vicikitsā); (6) afflicted view (lta ba nyon mongs can, kliṣṭa-dṛṣṭi). This is also one of the seven types of knowledge and awareness (blo rig); for the others see blo rig.

Jeffrey Hopkins' Tibetan-Sanskrit-English Dictionary

nem nur

[translation-san] {C} vimati

[translation-san] {C} kāṅkṣati

[translation-san] {C} kāṅkṣate

[translation-san] {C} kāṅkṣāyitva

[translation-eng] {C} perplexity; doubt; uncertainty; consternation; hesitates; desires; doubts; (state of) hesitation; perplexed

Jeffrey Hopkins' Tibetan-Sanskrit-English Dictionary