ခန္ဓာငါးပါး

Burmese

Etymology

ခန္ဓာ (hkandha, “aggregates”) +‎ ငါး (nga:, “five”) +‎ ပါး (pa:). Calque of Pali pañcakkhandhā.

Pronunciation

• Phonetic respelling: ခနဓာငါးဗား
• IPA^(key): /kʰàɴdàŋábá/
• Romanization: MLCTS: hkandha-nga:pa: • ALA-LC: khandhāṅāʺpāʺ • BGN/PCGN: hkanda-nga:ba: • Okell: hkañdangàpà

Noun

ခန္ဓာငါးပါး • (hkandha-nga:pa:)

1. (Buddhism) five aggregates (skandha) embodying a being, i.e., form, sensation, cognition, mental formation, and consciousness

Hyponyms

• ရူပ (rupa.)
• ဝိညာဉ် (wi.nyany)
• ဝေဒန (weda.na.)
• သင်္ခါရ (sanghkara.)
• သညာ (sa.nya)

 

References

• “ခန္ဓာငါးပါး” in Myanmar–English Dictionary (Myanmar Language Commission 1993). Searchable online at SEAlang.net.