ဘေး

Burmese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bé/
• Romanization: MLCTS: bhe: • ALA-LC: bheʺ • BGN/PCGN: be: • Okell: beì

Etymology 1

From Pali bhaya (“fear; fright”), from Sanskrit भय (bhaya, idem). Cognate with Modern Khmer ភ័យ (phɨy), Lao ໄພ (phai), Thai ภัย (pai). Doublet of ဘယာ (bha.ya).

Noun

ဘေး • (bhe:)

1. disaster; catastrophe

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

ဘေး • (bhe:)

1. side

Etymology 3

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

ဘေး • (bhe:)

1. great-grandfather

See also

• (kinship generations) မျိုးဆက် (myui:hcak); ဘော (bhau:), ဘဲ (bhai:), ဘင် (bhang), ဘီ (bhi), ဘေး (bhe:), ဘိုး (bhui:), ဘ (bha.), သား (sa:), မြေး (mre:), မြစ် (mrac), တီ (ti), တွတ် (twat) / မျှော့ (hmyau.), ကျွတ် (kywat), ဆက် (hcak), ^{(Category: my:Family)}

Further reading

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