နဂါးလှည့်

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Burmese

A draconic serpent's head guarding the house

Etymology

နဂါး (na.ga:, dragon) +‎ လှည့် (hlany., turn)

Pronunciation

  • Phonetic respelling: န'ဂါးလှည့်
  • IPA(key): /nəɡál̥ḭ/
  • Romanization: MLCTS: na.ga:hlany. • ALA-LC: nagāʺlhaññʻʹ • BGN/PCGN: năga:hli. • Okell: năgàhlí

Noun

နဂါးလှည့် (na.ga:hlany.)

  1. direction of the head of the nāga which is believed to guard a house and thus determines the direction favorable for making a journey( used in Burmese astrology).

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