မိဖုရား

Burmese

Etymology

From a clipping of အမိ (a.mi., “mother”) + ဘုရား (bhu.ra:, “Buddha; royal personage”).

Pronunciation

• Phonetic respelling: မိဗု'ရား
• IPA^(key): /mḭbəjá/
• Romanization: MLCTS: mi.hpu.ra: • ALA-LC: miphurāʺ • BGN/PCGN: mi.băya: • Okell: míhpăyà

Noun

မိဖုရား • (mi.hpu.ra:)

1. queen

Further reading

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