အဘ

အဘ

Burmese

Etymology

အ (a.) +‎ ဘ (bha.)

Pronunciation

• Phonetic respelling: အ'ဘ
• IPA^(key): /ʔəba̰/
• Romanization: MLCTS: a.bha. • ALA-LC: ʼabha • BGN/PCGN: ăba. • Okell: ăbá

Noun

အဘ • (a.bha.)

1. (formal) father
2. term of endearment for a man who is about the same age as one's father
3. (regional, Danu) Synonym of အဖေ (a.hpe, “father”)[1]

References

1. 2018, ခင်စန္ဒာတိုး, “နောင်ချိုဒေသရှိ ဓနုဒေသိယစကားမှ နေ့စဉ်သုံးစကားများလေ့လာချက်”, in Journal of the Myanmar Academy of Arts and Science‎, volume XVI, number 6B: