မာရ်နတ်
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Burmese
[edit]Etymology
[edit]မာရ် (mar) + နတ် (nat), with the first element from Pali māra.
Pronunciation
[edit]- Phonetic respelling: မာနတ်
- IPA(key): /mànaʔ/
- Romanization: MLCTS: marnat • ALA-LC: mārʻnatʻ • BGN/PCGN: manat • Okell: manaʔ
Noun
[edit]မာရ်နတ် • (marnat)
- (Buddhism) Mara, the malevolent celestial emperor antagonistic towards enlightenment and salvation.
- (figurative) person who upsets the applecart
- (Christianity) the Devil.
Descendants
[edit]- → Shan: မႃႇၼၢတ်ႈ (màa nāat)
Further reading
[edit]- “မာရ်နတ်” in Myanmar–English Dictionary (Myanmar Language Commission 1993). Searchable online at SEAlang.net.