ဗြာဟ္မဏ

Burmese edit

Etymology edit

From Pali brāhmaṇa, from Sanskrit ब्राह्मण (brā́hmaṇa).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /bjàhma̰na̰/
  • Romanization: MLCTS: brahma.na. • ALA-LC: brāhmaṇa • BGN/PCGN: byahma.na. • Okell: byahmáná

Noun edit

ဗြာဟ္မဏ (brahma.na.)

  1. (historical, literary) The second class of traditional Burmese society, comprising priests and ritualists (brahmins), one of the four social classes known as အမျိုးလေးပါး (a.myui:le:pa:)

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Noun edit

ဗြာဟ္မဏ m (feminine ဗြာဟ္မဏီ, feminine (Mon) ဗြာဟ္မဏဳ)

  1. Burmese script form of brāhmaṇa (brahmin)

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