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Burmese
Etymology
From Old Burmese ဟင်သာဝတီ (hangsawati). ဟံသာ (hamsa, “duck”) + ဝတီ (wa.ti). Borrowed from Mon ဟံသာဝတဳ, from Pali haṃsāvatī. Compare Thai หงสาวดี (hǒng-sǎa-wá-dii).
Pronunciation
- Phonetic respelling: ဟံသာဝ'ဒီ
- IPA(key): /hàɴθàwədì/
- Romanization: MLCTS: hamsawa.ti • ALA-LC: haṃsāvatī • BGN/PCGN: hanthawădi • Okell: hañthawăti
Proper noun
ဟံသာဝတီ • (hamsawa.ti)
- (historical) (~မြို့) Former name of Bago. (a regional capital in Myanmar)
- Synonym: ပဲခူး (pai:hku:)
- (~တိုင်း) a historical kingdom centered in what is now Bago