မြေက်

Mon edit

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Etymology edit

Learned borrowing from Pali marica^[1] or learned borrowing from Sanskrit मरिच (marica);^[1] alternatively, from the same unattested source as the aforementioned words.

Pronunciation edit

(Myanmar) IPA^(key): /pəròik/^[2]

Noun edit

မြေက် (mrek)

chilli^[1]^[2]^[3]

References edit

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 Jenny, Mathias (2015) “Foreign influence in the Burmese language”, in International Conference on Burma/Myanmar Studies Burma/Myanmar in Transition: Connectivity, Changes and Challenges
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 Shorto, H.L. (1962) A Dictionary of Modern Spoken Mon‎^[1], London: Oxford University Press. Searchable online at SEAlang.net.
^ R. Halliday (1922) A Mon-English Dictionary‎^[2], Bangkok: Siam Society

[foreign-1] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 Jenny, Mathias (2015) “Foreign influence in the Burmese language”, in International Conference on Burma/Myanmar Studies Burma/Myanmar in Transition: Connectivity, Changes and Challenges

[Shorto-2] 2.0 ^2.1 Shorto, H.L. (1962) A Dictionary of Modern Spoken Mon‎^[1], London: Oxford University Press. Searchable online at SEAlang.net.

[3] R. Halliday (1922) A Mon-English Dictionary‎^[2], Bangkok: Siam Society

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