Burmese edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Pali kula (clan; family; household). Doublet of ကုလ (ku.la.).

Pronunciation edit

  • Phonetic respelling: ကု'လား
  • IPA(key): /kəlá/
  • Romanization: MLCTS: ku.la: • ALA-LC: kulāʺ • BGN/PCGN: kăla: • Okell: kălà

Noun edit

ကုလား (ku.la:)

  1. Indians and persons of South Asian ancestry
  2. (slang, ethnic slur, religious slur, offensive) a Bengali person; a Rohingya person; a Muslim, especially someone of South Asian origin.
  3. (dated) Term used to describe all Westerners
  4. (regional, Rakhine) (~ငှက်ပျော) Mysore banana, a local cultivar grown in Myanmar

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

  • English: kalar
  • Shan: ၵလႃး (kǎ láa)
  • Khmer: កុឡា (kolaa), កូឡា (koulaa)