ဗြာဟ္မဏ

ဗြာဟ္မဏ

Burmese

Etymology

From Pali brāhmaṇa, from Sanskrit ब्राह्मण (brā́hmaṇa).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bjàhma̰na̰/
• Romanization: MLCTS: brahma.na. • ALA-LC: brāhmaṇa • BGN/PCGN: byahma.na. • Okell: byahmáná

Noun

ဗြာဟ္မဏ • (brahma.na.)

1. (historical, literary) The second class of traditional Burmese society, comprising priests and ritualists (brahmins), one of the four social classes known as အမျိုးလေးပါး (a.myui:le:pa:)

Synonyms

• ပုဏ္ဏားမျိုး (punna:myui:)

References

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