မူလဘာသာ

Burmese

Etymology

မူလ (mula., “original”) +‎ ဘာသာ (bhasa, “language”), borrowed from Pali mūla + Pali bhāsā.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mùla̰bàθà/
• Romanization: MLCTS: mula.bhasa • ALA-LC: mūlabhāsā • BGN/PCGN: mula.batha • Okell: mulábatha

Noun

မူလဘာသာ • (mula.bhasa)

1. first language, primary language
2. epithet for Pali, the liturgical language of Theravada Buddhism