ပဲ

ပဲ

See also: ပဲ့

Burmese

Etymology 1

ပဲ (pai:)

The sense “anna” is a semantic loan from Hindi अन्न (anna)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɛ́/
• Romanization: MLCTS: pai: • ALA-LC: pai • BGN/PCGN: pè: • Okell: pè

Noun

ပဲ • (pai:)

1. pea, bean, legume, pulse
2. anna (unit of currency in British India)

Alternative forms

• ကပဲ (ka.pai:)
• ဘဲ (bhai:)

Pronunciation

(after a vowel or /ɴ/)

• Phonetic respelling: ဗဲ
• IPA^(key): /bɛ́/
• Romanization: MLCTS: pai: • ALA-LC: pai • BGN/PCGN: bè: • Okell: pè

(after /ʔ/)

• IPA^(key): /pɛ́/
• Romanization: MLCTS: pai: • ALA-LC: pai • BGN/PCGN: pè: • Okell: pè

Particle

ပဲ • (pai:)

1. (colloquial) indicates emphasis on the word or phrase it follows

Synonyms

• ပင် (pang) (literary)

References

• “ပဲ” in Burmese/Myanmar Dictionary of Grammatical Forms (Routledge 2001, →ISBN), by John Okell and Anna Allott.
• “ပဲ” in Myanmar–English Dictionary (Myanmar Language Commission 1993). Searchable online at SEAlang.net.