ခတ္တိယ

Burmese

Etymology

From Pali khattiya, from Sanskrit क्षत्रिय (kṣatriya, “protector of gentle people”), from क्षत्र (kṣatra, “rule, dominion, authority”).

Pronunciation

• Phonetic respelling: ခတ်တိယ
• IPA^(key): /kʰaʔtḭja̰/
• Romanization: MLCTS: hkatti.ya. • ALA-LC: khattiya • BGN/PCGN: hkatti.ya. • Okell: hkaʔtíyá

Noun

ခတ္တိယ • (hkatti.ya.)

1. (historical, literary) The first class of traditional Burmese society, comprising rulers (kshatriya), one of the four social classes known as အမျိုးလေးပါး (a.myui:le:pa:)

Synonyms

• မင်းမျိုး (mang:myui:)

References

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