ဘုရား

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Burmese

FWOTD – 10 March 2024
ဘုရား

Etymology

Inherited from Old Burmese ဖုရာ (phurā), borrowed from Sanskrit वर पूजार्ह (vara pūjārha, “venerable enclosure”), though Sanskrit वर (vara) or Pali vara may be more likely. Likely cognate with Shan ၽြႃး (phráa) and Mon ပြဲ.

Pronunciation

  • Phonetic respelling: ဖု'ရား
  • IPA(key): /pʰəjá/
  • Romanization: MLCTS: bhu.ra: • ALA-LC: bhurāʺ • BGN/PCGN: hpăya: • Okell: hpăyà

Noun

ဘုရား • (bhu.ra:) (classifier ဆူ or ပါး)

  1. (Buddhism) Buddha
  2. (Buddhism) pagoda, stupa, Buddhist temple
  3. (honorific) royal and religious personages (e.g., the Buddha, kings, and monks)
  4. (Christianity, Myanmar Hinduism) God

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → Pa'o Karen: ဖရာꩻ

Further reading

  • “ဘုရား” in The Judson Burmese–English Dictionary (Rangoon: American Baptist Mission Press 1921), page 728.
  • “ဘုရား” in Myanmar–English Dictionary (Myanmar Language Commission 1993). Searchable online at SEAlang.net.
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