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Mon
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Learned borrowing from Pali silas.
Noun
သဳလ (sīla)
- (Buddhism) morals or precepts {which are five, eight, and ten in number} codifying moral conduct of which ten are followed by monks, five ordinarily by laymen, and eight by white-robed acolytes (လၟာတ် (lmāt)) and ဗြဴမိန် (braomin) (female renunciants) and by laymen as sabbath or Lenten observance
- (Buddhism) priestess, nun
Etymology 2
Learned borrowing from Pali sila
Noun
သဳလ (sīla)
- moral practice, moral precepts.
References
- Shorto, H.L. (1962) A Dictionary of Modern Spoken Mon, London: Oxford University Press. Searchable online at SEAlang.net.
Pali
Alternative scripts
- sīla (Latin script)
- 𑀲𑀻𑀮 (Brahmi script)
- सील (Devanagari script)
- সীল (Bengali script)
- සීල (Sinhalese script)
- သီလ (Burmese script)
- สีล or สีละ (Thai script)
- ᩈᩦᩃ (Tai Tham script)
- ສີລ or ສີລະ (Lao script)
- សីល (Khmer script)
- 𑄥𑄩𑄣 (Chakma script)
Noun
သဳလ n
- Burmese script form of sīla (“habit”)
Declension
Declension table of "သဳလ" (neuter)