ပြိတ္တာ

Burmese

Etymology

From Sanskrit प्रेत (preta).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pjeɪʔtà/
• Romanization: MLCTS: pritta • ALA-LC: prittā • BGN/PCGN: pyeikta • Okell: pyeiʔta

Noun

ပြိတ္တာ • (pritta) (classifier ကောင်)

1. (Buddhism) hungry ghost or preta

References

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