နာရီ

Burmese

နာရီ (Etymology 1)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nàjì/
• Romanization: MLCTS: nari • ALA-LC: nārī • BGN/PCGN: nayi • Okell: nayi

Etymology 1

From Sanskrit नाडी (nāḍī, “a measure of time”).

Noun

နာရီ • (nari)

1. clock, watch (portable or wearable timepiece)
2. hour (time period of sixty minutes)

Etymology 2

From Pali nārī (“woman, wife, female”), from Sanskrit नारी (nārī, “woman, wife, female”).

Noun

နာရီ • (nari)

1. woman
2. traditional art technique of depicting the female figure

References

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