ဗြဟ္မစိုရ်တရား
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Burmese[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pali brahmacariya + တရား (ta.ra:)
Pronunciation[edit]
- Phonetic respelling: ဗြ'မ'ဇိုရ်တ'ရား
- IPA(key): /bjəməzòjtəjá/
- Romanization: MLCTS: brahma.cuirta.ra: • ALA-LC: brahmacuirʻtarāʺ • BGN/PCGN: byămăzoytăya: • Okell: byămăsouytăyà
Noun[edit]
ဗြဟ္မစိုရ်တရား • (brahma.cuirta.ra:)
- (Buddhism) four cardinal virtues; Four Immeasurables; Four Perfect Virtues, i.e., loving kindness, compassion, sympathetic joy, and equanimity
Synonyms[edit]
- ဗြဟ္မဝိဟာရလေးပါး (brahma.wi.hara.le:pa:)
- အပ္ပမညာလေးပါး (appa.ma.nyale:pa:)
Hyponyms[edit]
- ကရုဏာ - compassion (ka.ru.na - compassion)
- မုဒိတာ - sympathetic joy (mu.di.ta - sympathetic joy)
- မေတ္တာ - loving-kindness (metta - loving-kindness)
- ဥပေက္ခါ - equanimity (u.pekhka - equanimity)
References[edit]
- “ဗြဟ္မစိုရ်တရား” in Myanmar–English Dictionary (Myanmar Language Commission 1993). Searchable online at SEAlang.net.