ပဉ္စရူပ

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Burmese[edit]

Rendition of pyinsarupa

Etymology[edit]

ပဉ္စ (panyca., five) +‎ ရူပ (rupa., beauties), borrowed from Pali pañca (five) +‎ Pali rūpa (beauties).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • Phonetic respelling: ပျင်စ*ရူပ
  • IPA(key): /pjɪ̀ɴsa̰ɹùpa̰/
  • Romanization: MLCTS: panyca.rupa. • ALA-LC: pañcarūpa • BGN/PCGN: pyinsa.rupa. • Okell: pyiñsárupá

Noun[edit]

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ပဉ္စရူပ (panyca.rupa.) (classifier ကောင်)

  1. (mythology) chimeric animal with component parts of an elephant, bullock, horse, carp and tonaya (တိုးနရား (tui:na.ra:)), or alternately lion, elephant, buffalo, carp and brahminy duck (ဟင်္သာ (hangsa)).

Proper noun[edit]

ပဉ္စရူပ (panyca.rupa.)

  1. (historical) Pyinsarupa, the name of a Burmese royal barge during the pre-colonial era

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