ဩကာသ

Burmese

Etymology

Pali okāsa (“visibility; occasion”)

Pronunciation

• Phonetic respelling: ဩဂါသ
• IPA^(key): /ʔɔ́ɡàθa̰/
• Romanization: MLCTS: au:kasa. • ALA-LC: okāsa • BGN/PCGN: aw:gatha. • Okell: òkathá

Noun

ဩကာသ • (au:kasa.)

1. (Buddhism) submission for grant of exculpation prefacing a prayer.

References

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