ဗေဒင်
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Burmese
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Learned borrowing from Pali vedaṅga
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /bèdɪ̀ɴ/
- Romanization: MLCTS: bedang • ALA-LC: bedaṅʻ • BGN/PCGN: bedin • Okell: beidiñ
Noun
[edit]ဗေဒင် • (bedang)
- astrology, fortune-telling
- (historical) the six traditional branches of knowledge in Burmese society, i.e., phonology, grammar, prosody, glossology, astronomy and traditional rites
Derived terms
[edit]- ဗေဒင်ကြည့် (bedangkrany.)
- ဗေဒင်ဆရာ (bedanghca.ra)
- ဗေဒင်ဟော (bedanghau:)
References
[edit]- “ဗေဒင်” in Myanmar–English Dictionary (Myanmar Language Commission 1993). Searchable online at SEAlang.net.