ဘွဲ့

Burmese

Etymology

Descended from the voiced pronunciation of Burmese ဖွဲ့ (hpwai.).[1] Cognate with Chinese .

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bwɛ̰/
  • Romanization: MLCTS: bhwai. • ALA-LC: bhvaiʹ • BGN/PCGN: bwè. • Okell: bwé

Noun

ဘွဲ့ (bhwai.)

  1. (Buddhism) Dharma name for Buddhist monks upon attaining monkhood
  2. academic degree
  3. title or award conferred for distinguished service
  4. genre of Burmese classical music; see မဟာဂီတ (ma.hagita.)

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Shan: ၽွႆႉ (phâ̰ui)

References

  1. 2018 January 8, “အလင်္ကာပုလဲပန်း၊ ဗမာရင်းမြစ်အက္ခရာ ၁၉ လုံး”, in BBC News မြန်မာ:

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