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U+1018, ဘ
MYANMAR LETTER BHA

[U+1017]
Myanmar
[U+1019]

Burmese

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ba̰/
  • Romanization: MLCTS: bha. • ALA-LC: bha • BGN/PCGN: ba. • Okell:
  • Audio:(file)

Etymology 1

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Letter

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(bha.)

  1. Bha, the 25th letter of the Burmese alphabet.
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Etymology 2

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From Proto-Tibeto-Burman *pʷa (man, father, husband, person); cognate with Old Chinese (OC *pa, *ba, “husband, man”) (STEDT). Doublet of (hpa.).

Noun

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(bha.)

  1. father
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See also
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Particle

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(bha.)

  1. (honorific) title prefixed to a male's given name

Further reading

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Mon

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Pronunciation

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Letter

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(bha)

  1. Bha, the twenty-fourth consonant of the Mon alphabet.

Verb

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(bha)

  1. to frighten, to scare.
  2. to frighten, {perform actions calculated to} scare, to make afraid.

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