ဝေဿ

Burmese

Etymology

From Pali vessa, from Sanskrit वैश्य (vaiśya)

Pronunciation

• Phonetic respelling: ဝစ်သ
• IPA^(key): /wɪʔθa̰/
• Romanization: MLCTS: wessa. • ALA-LC: vessa • BGN/PCGN: wittha. • Okell: wiʔthá

Noun

ဝေဿ • (wessa.)

1. (historical, literary) The third class of traditional Burmese society, comprising merchants (Vaishyas), one of the four social classes known as အမျိုးလေးပါး (a.myui:le:pa:)

Synonyms

• သူဌေးမျိုး (suhte:myui:)

References

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