မိန်းကလေး

Burmese

Etymology

From an element မိန်း (min:) of unclear interpretation and origin (though perhaps evocative of females, due to the initial m-, see also မေ (me, “wife”)) + ကလေး (ka.le:, “young person”).

Pronunciation

• Phonetic respelling: မိန်းဂ'လေး
• IPA^(key): /méɪɴɡəlé/
• Romanization: MLCTS: min:ka.le: • ALA-LC: minʻʺkaleʺ • BGN/PCGN: mein:găle: • Okell: meìñkăleì

Noun

မိန်းကလေး • (min:ka.le:)

1. girl, young lady, maiden, damsel

Further reading

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