လောဘ

Burmese

Etymology

Borrowed from Pali lobha, ultimately from Sanskrit लोभ (lobha).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /lɔ́ba̰/
  • Romanization: MLCTS: lau:bha. • ALA-LC: lobha • BGN/PCGN: law:ba. • Okell: lòbá

Noun

လောဘ • (lau:bha.)

  1. avarice, selfish desire, cupidity[1]
    Synonym: ရာဂ (raga.)

Derived terms
  • မတော်လောဘ (ma.taulau:bha.)
  • လောဘက်တင် (lau:bhaktang)
  • လောဘဇော (lau:bha.jau:)
  • လောဘဇောတိုက် (lau:bha.jau:tuik)
  • လောဘသက္ကာယ (lau:bha.sakkaya.)
  • လောဘသား (lau:bha.sa:)

(Nouns)

  • လောဘဇော (lau:bha.jau:)

(Verbs)

  • လောဘဇောတိုက် (lau:bha.jau:tuik)

References
  1. “လောဘ” in The Judson Burmese–English Dictionary (Rangoon: American Baptist Mission Press 1921), page 928.

Mon

Etymology

Borrowed from Pali lobha.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /lɔ́pʰɛ̤ʔ/
  • (file)

Noun

လောဘ (lobha)

  1. avarice, selfish desire, cupidity

Pali

Noun

လောဘ m

  1. Burmese script form of lobha
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