ဘုန်းတော်ကြီးဘုရား

Burmese

Etymology

ဘုန်း (bhun:, “glory”) +‎ တော် (tau, “royal”) +‎ ကြီး (kri:, “great”) +‎ ဘုရား (bhu.ra:, “lord”)

Pronunciation

Phonetic respelling: ဖုန်းဒေါ်ဂြီးဖု'ရား

IPA^(key): /pʰóʊɴdɔ̀d͡ʑípʰəjá/

Romanization: MLCTS: bhun:tau-kri:bhu.ra: • ALA-LC: bhunʻʺtoʻkrīʺbhurāʺ • BGN/PCGN: hpon:dawgyi:hpăya: • Okell: hpoùñtocìhpăyà

Noun

ဘုန်းတော်ကြီးဘုရား • (bhun:tau-kri:bhu.ra:)

(Buddhism, honorific, of a monk) respectful form of address used for Buddhist monks
(historical, honorific, of a monarch) respectful form of address used for a monarch

References

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

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