နဂါး
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နဂါး
Burmese
Etymology
Borrowed from Pali nāga, from Sanskrit नाग (nāgá).
Pronunciation
- Phonetic respelling: န'ဂါး
- IPA(key): /nəɡá/
- Romanization: MLCTS: na.ga: • ALA-LC: nagāʺ • BGN/PCGN: năga: • Okell: năgà
Noun
နဂါး • (na.ga:) (classifier ကောင်)
Derived terms
- ကြယ်နဂါး (kraina.ga:)
- နဂါးကျစ် (na.ga:kyac)
- နဂါးငွေ့တန်း (na.ga:ngwe.tan:)
- နဂါးပွက် (na.ga:pwak)
- နဂါးမောက် (na.ga:mauk)
- နဂါးမောက်သီး (na.ga:mauksi:)
- နဂါးလှည့် (na.ga:hlany.)
- နဂါးသွဲ့ (na.ga:swai.)
- ပိုးနဂါး (pui:na.ga:)
- ရေနဂါး (rena.ga:)
Descendants
- → Shan: ၼၵႃး (nǎ káa)
See also
- (Chinese zodiac signs) တရုတ်ဆယ့်နှစ်ရာသီခွင် (ta.ruthcai.hnacrasihkwang); ကြွက် (krwak, “Mouse”), နွား (nwa:, “Cow”), ကျား (kya:, “Tiger”), ယုန် (yun, “Rabbit”), နဂါး (na.ga:, “Dragon”), မြွေ (mrwe, “Snake”), မြင်း (mrang:, “Horse”), ဆိတ် (hcit, “Sheep”), မျောက် (myauk, “Monkey”), ကြက် (krak, “Rooster”), ခွေး (hkwe:, “Dog”), ဝက် (wak, “Pig”) (Category: my:Chinese zodiac signs)
- (Burmese zodiac signs) ရာသီခွင် (rasihkwang); ဂဠုန် (ga.lun, “Garuda”), ကျား (kya:, “Tiger”), ခြင်္သေ့ (hkrangse., “Lion”), ဆင် (hcang, “Tusked Elephant”), ဟိုင်း (huing:, “Tuskless Elephant”), ကြွက် (krwak, “Rat”), ပူး (pu:, “Guinea Pig”), နဂါး (na.ga:, “Dragon”) (Category: my:Burmese zodiac)
References
- “နဂါး” in Myanmar–English Dictionary (Myanmar Language Commission 1993). Searchable online at SEAlang.net.