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Burmese
Etymology
Borrowed from Pali kula (“clan; family; household”). Doublet of ကုလ (ku.la.).
Pronunciation
- Phonetic respelling: ကု'လား
- IPA(key): /kəlá/
- Romanization: MLCTS: ku.la: • ALA-LC: kulāʺ • BGN/PCGN: kăla: • Okell: kălà
Noun
ကုလား • (ku.la:)
- Indians and persons of South Asian ancestry
- (slang, ethnic slur, religious slur, offensive) a Bengali person; a Rohingya person; a Muslim, especially someone of South Asian origin.
- (dated) Term used to describe all Westerners
- (regional, Rakhine) (~ငှက်ပျော) Mysore banana, a local cultivar grown in Myanmar
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