ဘွဲ့

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Burmese

Etymology

Benedict, as listed by STEDT, tentatively considers the word to be borrowed from Mon (bhwaiʼ "honorary title ( < Mon ? ) ( cf. brâi )"). Other theories take the word as a voiced derivative of Burmese ဖွဲ့ (hpwai., “to tie or twist into a string; to form a union, compose a song”).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bwɛ̰/
  • Romanization: MLCTS: bhwai. • ALA-LC: bhvaiʹ • BGN/PCGN: bwè. • Okell: bwé

Noun

ဘွဲ့ • (bhwai.)

  1. title or award conferred for distinguished service, valor, etc.
  2. (Buddhism) Dharma name for Buddhist monks upon attaining monkhood
  3. academic degree conferred by an officially recognized academic body
  4. genre of Burmese classical music celebrating a particular theme (see မဟာဂီတ (ma.hagita.))

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → Shan: ၽွႆႉ (phâ̰ui)

References

  1. ^ “အလင်္ကာပုလဲပန်း၊ ဗမာရင်းမြစ်အက္ခရာ ၁၉ လုံး”, in BBC News မြန်မာ‎ (in Burmese), 2018 January 8

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