ငရဲ

Burmese

Etymology

Borrowed from Pali naraka.

Pronunciation

Phonetic respelling: င'ရဲ

IPA^(key): /ŋəjɛ́/

Romanization: MLCTS: nga.rai: • ALA-LC: ṅarai • BGN/PCGN: ngăyè: • Okell: ngăyè

Noun

ငရဲ • (nga.rai:)

(religion) hell; Hades; purgatory

Derived terms

ငရဲမင်း (nga.rai:mang:)

Descendants

→ Shan: ငလၢႆး (ngǎ láay)
→ Shan: ငရၢႆး (ngǎ ráay)

Further reading

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

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