ဘွဲ့

Burmese

Etymology

Descended from the voiced pronunciation of Burmese ဖွဲ့ (hpwai.).[1] Cognate with Chinese .

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bwɛ̰/
  • Romanization: MLCTS: bhwai. • ALA-LC: bhvaiʹ • BGN/PCGN: bwè. • Okell: bwé

Noun

ဘွဲ့ • (bhwai.)

  1. (Buddhism) Dharma name for Buddhist monks upon attaining monkhood
  2. academic degree
  3. title or award conferred for distinguished service
  4. genre of Burmese classical music; see မဟာဂီတ (ma.hagita.)

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Shan: ၽွႆႉ (phâ̰ui)

References

  1. အလင်္ကာပုလဲပန်း၊ ဗမာရင်းမြစ်အက္ခရာ ၁၉ လုံး”, in BBC News မြန်မာ (in Burmese), 2018 January 8

Further reading

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