လောကီ

Burmese

Etymology

Borrowed from Pali lokiya (“of the world”), from loka (“world”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lɔ́kì/
• Romanization: MLCTS: lau:ki • ALA-LC: lokī • BGN/PCGN: law:ki • Okell: lòki

Noun

လောကီ • (lau:ki)

1. the secular world

Derived terms

• လောကီကျမ်း (lau:ki-kyam:)
• လောကီပညာ (lau:kipa.nya)
• လောကီမှု (lau:kihmu.)
• လောကီရေး (lau:kire:)
• လောကီသား (lau:kisa:)

 

Further reading

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