ဂိလာန

ဂိလာန

Burmese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Pali gilāna. Cognate with Khmer គិលាន (kiliən).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡḭlàna̰/
• Romanization: MLCTS: gi.lana. • ALA-LC: gilāna • BGN/PCGN: gi.lana. • Okell: gílaná

Adjective

ဂိလာန • (gi.lana.)

1. (formal, literary) to be sick

Noun

1. sick person
2. chronic invalid

Synonyms

• လူမမာ (luma.ma)
• သူနာ (suna)
• လူနာ (luna)

References

• “ဂိလာန” in Myanmar–English Dictionary (Myanmar Language Commission 1993). Searchable online at SEAlang.net.