ဘဲ

Burmese

ဘဲ

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bɛ́/
  • Romanization: MLCTS: bhai: • ALA-LC: bhai • BGN/PCGN: bè: • Okell:

Noun

ဘဲ (bhai:) (classifier ကောင်)

  1. duck (aquatic bird of the family Anatidae)
  2. (slang) boyfriend

Pronunciation

  • Phonetic respellings: ဗဲ, ဖဲ
  • IPA(key): /bɛ́/, /pʰɛ́/
  • Romanization: MLCTS: bhai: • ALA-LC: bhai • BGN/PCGN: bè:/hpè: • Okell: hpè/hpè

Alternative forms

Postposition

ဘဲ (bhai:)

  1. without (not doing or not having done something)
    ထီး မပါဘဲ ဘယ်တော့မှ မသွားပါဘူး
    hti: ma.pabhai: bhaitau.hma. ma.swa:pabhu:
    He never leaves without taking his umbrella.

Pronunciation

  • Phonetic respellings: ဗဲ, ဖဲ
  • IPA(key): /bɛ́/, /pʰɛ́/
  • Romanization: MLCTS: bhai: • ALA-LC: bhai • BGN/PCGN: bè:/hpè: • Okell: hpè/hpè

Alternative forms

Particle

ဘဲ (bhai:)

  1. Used after any sentence element or an entire sentence to add emphasis, indeed, really
    ဒီမှာဘဲ နေရ်ခဲ့
    dihmabhai: nerhkai.
    Stay right here!
    ခင်ဗျာ့သူငယ်ချင်းဘဲ ရေးတာလား
    hkangbya.su-ngaihkyang:bhai: re:tala:
    Was it your friend who wrote it?
    သိတာပေါ့ ကျွန်တော့် ညီတဝမ်းကွဲဘဲ
    si.tapau. kywantau. nyita.wam:kwai:bhai:
    Of course I know him, he’s my cousin!

Further reading


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Etymology

From Pali bhaya, from Sanskrit भय (bhaya).

Noun

ဘဲ (phòa)

  1. calamity
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