ဖ

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See also: -ဖ and 𑄜

ဖ U+1016, ဖ
MYANMAR LETTER PHA
← ပ
 		Myanmar ဗ →

Burmese

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pʰa̰/
  • Audio:(file)

Etymology 1

Letter

ဖ • (hpa.)

  1. Pha, the 23rd letter of the Burmese alphabet
Derived terms

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Not given etymology by STEDT (pha' "exchange"), and not mentioned by Luce 1981.”)

Verb

ဖ • (hpa.)

  1. (archaic) to exchange
Derived terms

Etymology 3

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *pʷa (“father, husband, person”). Cognate with Mizo pa (“father”), Old Chinese 夫 (OC *pa, *ba, “man, husband”) (STEDT). Doublet of ဘ (bha.).

Particle

ဖ • (hpa.)

  1. particle suffixed to certain nouns to denote masculine gender
Derived terms

Etymology 4

According to STEDT, a clipping of ဖဝါး (hpa.wa:, “palm”), which STEDT derives from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *p(l)a-n ~ *p(w)a-n (“palm, sole”); see ဖဝါး (hpa.wa:) for more.

Particle

ဖ • (hpa.)

  1. particle prefixed to some words associated with the extremities of the limbs, especially the feet
Derived terms

Further reading

Mon

Pronunciation

Letter

ဖ (pha)

  1. Pha, the twenty-second consonant of the Mon alphabet.
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