မဲဇလီ

Burmese

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit मच्जरी (macjarī).

Pronunciation

• Phonetic respelling: မဲဇ'လီ
• IPA^(key): /mɛ́zəlì/
• Romanization: MLCTS: mai:ja.li • ALA-LC: maijalī • BGN/PCGN: mè:zăli • Okell: mèzăli

Noun

မဲဇလီ • (mai:ja.li)

1. flowery cassia (Senna siamea, syn. Cassia siamea)

Descendants

• → Shan: မႆႉၸလီႇ (mâ̰i tsǎ lìi)

Further reading

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