ပဲရာဇာ

Burmese

Etymology

ပဲ (pai:, “bean”) +‎ ရာဇာ (raja, “king”)

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /pɛ́jàzà/

Romanization: MLCTS: pai:raja • ALA-LC: pairājā • BGN/PCGN: pè:yaza • Okell: pèyaza

Noun

ပဲရာဇာ • (pai:raja)

(Myingyan, Mandalay) lentil (Lens esculenta)[1]

Synonyms

ပဲနီလေး (pai:nile:)
ပဲနီကလေး (pai:nika.le:)

References

“အလင်္ကာပုလဲပန်း၊ မြင်းခြံနယ်က ဒေသိယဝေါဟာရများ ၂”, in BBC News မြန်မာ‎ (in Burmese), 2021 January 30

Further reading

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

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