အဂတိ

Burmese

Etymology

Borrowed from Pali agati (“wrongdoing”). Cognate with Shan ဢၵတီႉ (ʼǎ kǎ tḭ̂i).

Pronunciation

• Phonetic respelling: အဂ'ဒိ
• IPA^(key): /ʔa̰ɡədḭ/
• Romanization: MLCTS: a.ga.ti. • ALA-LC: ʼagati • BGN/PCGN: a.gădi. • Okell: ágădí

Noun

အဂတိ • (a.ga.ti.)

1. partiality, bias
2. (Buddhism) one of four kinds of misconduct, i.e., chanda, dosa, moha, bhaya.

Hyponyms

(One of four kinds of misconduct):

• ဆန္ဒာဂတိ (hcandaga.ti.)
• ဒေါသာဂတိ (dau:saga.ti.)
• ဘယာဂတိ (bha.yaga.ti.)
• မောဟဂတိ (mau:ha.ga.ti.)

 

Further reading

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

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative forms

• agati (Latin script)
• 𑀅𑀕𑀢𑀺 (Brahmi script)
• अगति (Devanagari script)
• অগতি (Bengali script)
• අගති (Sinhalese script)
• ဢၷတိ (Burmese script)
• อคติ or อะคะติ (Thai script)
• ᩋᨣᨲᩥ (Tai Tham script)
• ອຄຕິ or ອະຄະຕິ (Lao script)
• អគតិ (Khmer script)
• 𑄃𑄉𑄖𑄨 (Chakma script)

Noun

အဂတိ f

1. Burmese script form of agati