ဂဠုန်

Burmese

Etymology

From Pali garuḷa.

Pronunciation

• Phonetic respelling: ဂ'ဠုန်
• IPA^(key): /ɡəlòʊɴ/
• Romanization: MLCTS: ga.lun • ALA-LC: gaḷunʻ • BGN/PCGN: gălon • Okell: gălouñ

Noun

ဂဠုန် • (ga.lun) (classifier ကောင်)

1. (mythology) garuda; mythical king of birds and also the enemy of the naga.

See also

• (Burmese zodiac signs) ရာသီခွင် (rasihkwang); ဂဠုန် (ga.lun, “Garuda”), ကျား (kya:, “Tiger”), ခြင်္သေ့ (hkrangse., “Lion”), ဆင် (hcang, “Tusked Elephant”), ဟိုင်း (huing:, “Tuskless Elephant”), ကြွက် (krwak, “Rat”), ပူး (pu:, “Guinea Pig”), နဂါး (na.ga:, “Dragon”) ^{(Category: my:Burmese zodiac)}

References

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