မတကဘတ်

Burmese

Etymology

From Pali matakabhatta.

Pronunciation

• Phonetic respelling: မ'တ'ကဘတ်
• IPA^(key): /mətəka̰baʔ/
• Romanization: MLCTS: ma.ta.ka.bhat • ALA-LC: matakabhatʻ • BGN/PCGN: mătăka.bat • Okell: mătăkábaʔ

Noun

မတကဘတ် • (ma.ta.ka.bhat)

1. food offering made for the merit of a departed soul

Synonyms

• ကုဗ္ဘီး (kubbhi:)

References

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