ဂီရိ

Burmese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Pali giri, Sanskrit गिरि (giri). Cognate with Khmer គិរី (kirii).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡìjḭ/
• Romanization: MLCTS: giri. • ALA-LC: gīri • BGN/PCGN: giyi. • Okell: giyí

Noun

ဂီရိ • (giri.)

1. mountain (typically used in compounds and place names only)

Synonyms

• တောင် (taung)

Derived terms

• မဟာဂီရိ (ma.hagiri.)