ဗေဒင်
Burmese
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Pali vedaṅga
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bèdɪ̀ɴ/
- Romanization: MLCTS: bedang • ALA-LC: bedaṅʻ • BGN/PCGN: bedin • Okell: beidiñ
Noun
ဗေဒင် • (bedang)
- astrology, fortune-telling
- (historical) the six traditional branches of knowledge in Burmese society, i.e., phonology, grammar, prosody, glossology, astronomy and traditional rites
Derived terms
- ဗေဒင်ကြည့် (bedangkrany.)
- ဗေဒင်ဆရာ (bedanghca.ra)
- ဗေဒင်ဟော (bedanghau:)
References
- “ဗေဒင်” in Myanmar–English Dictionary (Myanmar Language Commission 1993). Searchable online at SEAlang.net.