ပုည

Burmese

Etymology

From Pali puñña. Compare Mon ပိုန် and Shan ပုင်ႇၺႃႇ (pùng nyàa).

Pronunciation

Phonetic respelling: ပုန်ည
IPA^(key): /pòʊɴɲa̰/
Romanization: MLCTS: pu.nya. • ALA-LC: puñña • BGN/PCGN: ponnya. • Okell: pouñnyá

Noun

ပုည • (pu.nya.)

(literary, formal) good deed, meritorious deed

Synonyms

ကောင်းမှု (kaung:hmu.)

References

“ပုည” in Myanmar–English Dictionary (Myanmar Language Commission 1993). Searchable online at SEAlang.net.

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