နာရီ

Burmese

နာရီ (Etymology 1)

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /nàjì/

Romanization: MLCTS: nari • ALA-LC: nārī • BGN/PCGN: nayi • Okell: nayi

Etymology 1

From Sanskrit नाडी (nāḍī, “a measure of time”).

Noun

နာရီ • (nari)

clock, watch (portable or wearable timepiece)
hour (time period of sixty minutes)

Etymology 2

From Pali nārī (“woman, wife, female”), from Sanskrit नारी (nārī, “woman, wife, female”).

Noun

နာရီ • (nari)

woman
traditional art technique of depicting the female figure

References

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

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