နယ်

See also: နည်း and နဲ့

Burmese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nɛ̀/
• Romanization: MLCTS: nai • ALA-LC: nayʻ • BGN/PCGN: nè • Okell: ne

Etymology 1

Verb

နယ် • (nai)

1. knead

Etymology 2

Noun

နယ် • (nai)

1. (weaving) temple

Etymology 3

Noun

နယ် • (nai)

1. state (political division of a federation retaining a degree of autonomy)
2. (historical) (administrative subdivision within a state)
3. (chess) pawn: the most common chess piece, or a similar piece in a similar game. In chess each side has eight; moves are only forward, and attacks are only forward diagonally or en passant.

Derived terms

• မြို့နယ် (mrui.nai)

See also

Chess pieces in Burmese · စစ်တုရင်ရုပ် (cactu.rangrup) (layout · text)
ဘုရင် (bhu.rang)	ဘုရင်မ (bhu.rangma.)	ကျီးအ (kyi:a.)	ဘုန်းကြီး (bhun:kri:)	မြင်း (mrang:)	နယ် (nai)