ဘ

ဘ

See also: ဘဲ, ဘီး, ဘာ, ဘူး, ဘှ့ၣ်, ဘု, and ဘီ

ဘ U+1018, ဘ MYANMAR LETTER BHA ← ဗ [U+1017] Myanmar မ → [U+1019]

Translingual

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ba̰/

• (file)

Letter

ဘ

1. Bha, the 25th letter of the Burmese alphabet.

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Burmese

Etymology

From Proto-Tibeto-Burman *pʷa (“man, father, husband, person”). Doublet of ဖ (hpa.).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ba̰/
• Romanization: MLCTS: bha. • ALA-LC: bha • BGN/PCGN: ba. • Okell: bá

Noun

ဘ • (bha.)

1. father

See also

• (kinship generations) မျိုးဆက် (myui:hcak); ဘော (bhau:), ဘဲ (bhai:), ဘင် (bhang), ဘီ (bhi), ဘေး (bhe:), ဘိုး (bhui:), ဘ (bha.), သား (sa:), မြေး (mre:), မြစ် (mrac), တီ (ti), တွတ် (twat) / မျှော့ (hmyau.), ကျွတ် (kywat), ဆက် (hcak), ^{(Category: my:Family)}

Particle

ဘ • (bha.)

1. (honorific) title prefixed to a male's given name

References

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

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Mon

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pʰɛ̤ʔ/

• (file)

Letter

ဘ (bha)

1. Bha, the twenty-fourth consonant of the Mon alphabet.

Verb

ဘ (bha)

1. to frighten, to scare.
2. to frighten, {perform actions calculated to} scare, to make afraid.

Derived terms

• ဘပၠ (phɛ̀ʔ pəlaʔ)