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Burmese
Etymology
From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *na-(n/t) (“sick; evil spirit”). Cognate with Jingpho nat (“spirit, ancestral spirit”). Doublet of နာ (na, “hurt; sick”).
Alternatively, it could be borrowed from Pali nātha (“protector”).
Pronunciation
Noun
နတ် • (nat)
- (mythology) nat (spirits heavily venerated in Burmese folk religion, either celestial or spectral).
- (Buddhism) deva ( heavenly gods ).
- lord or protector worthy of devotion.
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