ဒီ
See also: ဒ, ဒေါ်, ဒါ, ဒဳ, and ဒူး
Burmese
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /dì/
- Romanization: MLCTS: di • ALA-LC: dī • BGN/PCGN: di • Okell: di
Etymology 1
From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *m-daj ~ m-di (“that; this”). Cognate with Tibetan དེ (de, “that”), འདི ('di, “this”), Chinese 是 (OC *djeʔ, “this”).
Alternative forms
- သည် (sany), ဤ (i) – literary
Determiner
ဒီ • (di)
- (colloquial) this
Derived terms
- ဒီမှာ (dihma, “here”)
- ဒီဟာ (diha, “this one”)
- အဲဒီ (ai:di, “that”)
See also
- ဒါ (da)
Etymology 2
From English dee.
Noun
ဒီ • (di)
- the Latin letter D/d.
References
- “ဒီ” in Myanmar–English Dictionary (Myanmar Language Commission 1993). Searchable online at SEAlang.net.
- “ဒီ” in Burmese/Myanmar Dictionary of Grammatical Forms (Routledge 2001, →ISBN), by John Okell and Anna Allott.
S'gaw Karen
Etymology
Cognate with Western Pwo ဒီၩ.
Noun
ဒီ • (daw)
- knife.