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.)

(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.

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