ဟူးရား

Burmese

Etymology

From Sanskrit होरा (horā), from Ancient Greek ὥρα (hṓra). Cognate with Khmer ហោរ (hao), Mon ဟောရာ, and Thai โหร (hǒon).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hújá/
• Romanization: MLCTS: hu:ra: • ALA-LC: hūʺrāʺ • BGN/PCGN: hu:ya: • Okell: hùyà

Noun

ဟူးရား • (hu:ra:) (classifier ယောက် or ဦး)

1. astrology
2. soothsayer; astrologer

Synonyms

• ဗေဒင်ဆရာ (bedanghca.ra)

References

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