နဖူးစာ

Burmese

Etymology

နဖူး (na.hpu:, “forehead”) +‎ စာ (ca, “writing”). Analogous to Thai พรหมลิขิต (prom-lí-kìt).

Pronunciation

• Phonetic respelling: န'ဖူးဇာ
• IPA^(key): /nəpʰúzà/
• Romanization: MLCTS: na.hpu:ca • ALA-LC: naphūʺcā • BGN/PCGN: năhpu:za • Okell: năhpùsa

Noun

နဖူးစာ • (na.hpu:ca)

1. destiny or fate (in the context of love or marriage)

Alternative forms

• ဖူးစာ (hpu:ca)

References

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