ဝေဿ

Burmese

Etymology

From Pali vessa, from Sanskrit वैश्य (vaiśya).

Pronunciation

  • Phonetic respelling: ဝစ်သ
  • IPA(key): /wɪʔθa̰/
  • Romanization: MLCTS: wessa. • ALA-LC: vessa • BGN/PCGN: wittha. • Okell: wiʔthá

Noun

ဝေဿ • (wessa.)

  1. (historical, literary) The third class of traditional Burmese society, comprising merchants (Vaishyas), one of the four social classes known as အမျိုးလေးပါး (a.myui:le:pa:)

Synonyms

  • သူဌေးမျိုး (suhte:myui:)

References

Pali

Alternative forms

Noun

ဝေဿ m

  1. Burmese script form of vessa (a Vaishya)

Declension

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