ဗေဒင်

Burmese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Pali vedaṅga

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bèdɪ̀ɴ/
• Romanization: MLCTS: bedang • ALA-LC: bedaṅʻ • BGN/PCGN: bedin • Okell: beidiñ

Noun

ဗေဒင် • (bedang)

1. astrology, fortune-telling
2. (historical) the six traditional branches of knowledge in Burmese society, i.e., phonology, grammar, prosody, glossology, astronomy and traditional rites

Derived terms

• ဗေဒင်ကြည့် (bedangkrany.)
• ဗေဒင်ဆရာ (bedanghca.ra)
• ဗေဒင်ဟော (bedanghau:)

 

References

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