ငရဲ

Burmese

Etymology

Borrowed from Pali niraya.

Pronunciation

• Phonetic respelling: င'ရဲ
• IPA^(key): /ŋəjɛ́/
• Romanization: MLCTS: nga.rai: • ALA-LC: ṅarai • BGN/PCGN: ngăyè: • Okell: ngăyè

Noun

ငရဲ • (nga.rai:)

1. (religion) hell; Hades; purgatory

Derived terms

• ငရဲမင်း (nga.rai:mang:)

Descendants

• → Shan: ငရၢႆး (ngǎ ráai), ငလၢႆး (ngǎ láai)

Further reading

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