ဘေး
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Burmese
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /bé/
- Romanization: MLCTS: bhe: • ALA-LC: bheʺ • BGN/PCGN: be: • Okell: beì
Etymology 1
[edit]From Pali bhaya (“fear; fright”), from Sanskrit भय (bhaya, idem). Cognate with Modern Khmer ភ័យ (phɨy), Lao ໄພ (phai), Thai ภัย (pai). Doublet of ဘယာ (bha.ya).
Noun
[edit]ဘေး • (bhe:)
Etymology 2
[edit](This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun
[edit]ဘေး • (bhe:)
Etymology 3
[edit](This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun
[edit]ဘေး • (bhe:)
See also
[edit]- (kinship generations) မျိုးဆက် (myui:hcak); ဘော (bhau:), ဘဲ (bhai:), ဘင် (bhang), ဘီ (bhi), ဘေး (bhe:), ဘိုး (bhui:), ဘ (bha.), သား (sa:), မြေး (mre:), မြစ် (mrac), တီ (ti), တွတ် (twat) / မျှော့ (hmyau.), ကျွတ် (kywat), ဆက် (hcak), (Category: my:Family)
Further reading
[edit]- “ဘေး” in Myanmar–English Dictionary (Myanmar Language Commission 1993). Searchable online at SEAlang.net.