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မိန်းကလေး

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Burmese

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Etymology

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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

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

Noun

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မိန်းကလေး (min:ka.le:)

  1. girl, young lady, maiden, damsel

Further reading

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