ဒွိလိင်

Burmese

Etymology

ဒွိ (dwi.) +‎ လိင် (ling). Borrowed from Pali dvi (“two”) + Pali liṅga (“anatomical sex”).

Pronunciation

• Phonetic respelling: ဒွိလိန်
• IPA^(key): /dwḭlèɪɴ/
• Romanization: MLCTS: dwi.ling • ALA-LC: dviliṅʻ • BGN/PCGN: dwi.lein • Okell: dwíleiñ

Noun

ဒွိလိင် • (dwi.ling)

1. hermaphrodite

References

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