ဓမ္မ

Burmese

Etymology

From Pali dhamma, from Sanskrit धर्म (dharma), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *dʰármas, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰérmos.

Pronunciation

  • Phonetic respelling: ဒ'မ
  • IPA(key): /dəma̰/
  • Romanization: MLCTS: dhamma. • ALA-LC: dhamma • BGN/PCGN: dăma. • Okell: dămá

Noun

ဓမ္မ • (dhamma.)

  1. (Hinduism, Buddhsim) dharma

Derived terms

  • ဓမ္မစကြာသုတ္တန် (dhamma.ca.krasuttan, “dharmachakra”)

Further reading

  • “ဓမ္မ” in The Judson Burmese–English Dictionary (Rangoon: American Baptist Mission Press 1921), page 551.
  • “ဓမ္မ” in Myanmar–English Dictionary (Myanmar Language Commission 1993). Searchable online at SEAlang.net.

Pali

Etymology

From Sanskrit धर्म (dharma).

Noun

ဓမ္မ m (Devanagari धम्म, Latin script dhamma)

  1. truth
  2. doctrine
  3. (Buddhism) teachings of the Buddha
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