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ဘုရား

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Burmese

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ဘုရား

Etymology

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Inherited from Old Burmese ဖုရာ (phurā) and Old Burmese ပုရ်္ဟာ (pūrhā), likely borrowed from Sanskrit वर पूजार्ह (vara pūjārha, venerable enclosure). Further development might havr been influenced by the likes of Shan ၽြႃး (phráa) and Mon ပြဲ, which derive from Sanskrit वर (vara) or Pali vara .

Pronunciation

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  • Phonetic respelling: ဖု'ရား
  • IPA(key): /pʰəjá/
  • Romanization: MLCTS: bhu.ra: • ALA-LC: bhurāʺ • BGN/PCGN: hpăya: • Okell: hpăyà

Noun

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ဘုရား (bhu.ra:) (classifier ဆူ or ပါး)

  1. (Buddhism) Buddha
  2. (Buddhism) pagoda, stupa, Buddhist temple
  3. (honorific) royal and religious personages (e.g., the Buddha, kings, and monks)
  4. (Christianity, Myanmar Hinduism) God

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Pa'o Karen: ဖရာꩻ

Further reading

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  • ဘုရား” in The Judson Burmese–English Dictionary (Rangoon: American Baptist Mission Press 1921), page 728.
  • ဘုရား” in Myanmar–English Dictionary (Myanmar Language Commission 1993). Searchable online at SEAlang.net.