ဖား
Burmese
editPronunciation
edit- IPA(key): /pʰá/
- Romanization: MLCTS: hpa: • ALA-LC: phāʺ • BGN/PCGN: hpa: • Okell: hpà
Etymology 1
editCognate with Tibetan སྦལ་པ (sbal pa).
Alternative forms
edit- ဘား (bha:) (obsolete)
Noun
editဖား • (hpa:) (classifier ကောင်)
Etymology 2
editAbbreviated form of ဖော်လံဖား (hpaulamhpa:), ultimately from Hokkien 扶𡳞脬.
Verb
editဖား • (hpa:)
Synonyms
edit- ဖော်လံဖား (hpaulamhpa:)
References
edit- “ဘား” in The Judson Burmese–English Dictionary (Rangoon: American Baptist Mission Press 1921), page 724.
- “ဖား” in Myanmar–English Dictionary (Myanmar Language Commission 1993). Searchable online at SEAlang.net.