သဘာပတိ

Burmese

Etymology

From Sanskrit सभापति (sabhāpati), cognates include Hindi सभापति (sabhāpti) and Bengali সভাপতি (śobhapoti).

Pronunciation

• Phonetic respelling: သ'ဘာပ'တိ
• IPA^(key): /θəbàpətḭ/
• Romanization: MLCTS: sa.bhapa.ti. • ALA-LC: sabhāpati • BGN/PCGN: thăbapăti. • Okell: thăbapătí

Noun

သဘာပတိ • (sa.bhapa.ti.)

1. chairperson (chairman or chairwoman)

Descendants

• → Shan: သပႃႇပတီႉ (sǎ pàa pǎ tḭ̂i)

See also

• ဥက္ကဋ္ဌ (ukkathta.)

Further reading

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