ဌေး
Burmese edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Pali seṭṭhi (“millionaire”), from Sanskrit श्रेष्ठीन् (śreṣṭhīn).
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): /tʰé/
- Romanization: MLCTS: hte: • ALA-LC: ṭheʺ • BGN/PCGN: hte: • Okell: hteì
Proper noun edit
ဌေး • (hte:)
- a unisex given name from Pali
Verb edit
ဌေး • (hte:)
Synonyms edit
- ကြွယ် (krwai)
Derived terms edit
- သူဌေး (suhte:)
Descendants edit
- → Shan: ထေး (thée)
Further reading edit
- “ဌေး” in Myanmar–English Dictionary (Myanmar Language Commission 1993). Searchable online at SEAlang.net.