ဗေဒင်

Burmese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Pali vedaṅga

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /bèdɪ̀ɴ/
Romanization: MLCTS: bedang • ALA-LC: bedaṅʻ • BGN/PCGN: bedin • Okell: beidiñ

Noun

ဗေဒင် • (bedang)

astrology, fortune-telling
(historical) the six traditional branches of knowledge in Burmese society, i.e., phonology, grammar, prosody, glossology, astronomy and traditional rites

Derived terms

ဗေဒင်ကြည့် (bedangkrany.)
ဗေဒင်ဆရာ (bedanghca.ra)
ဗေဒင်ဟော (bedanghau:)

References

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

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