ဘုရား

Burmese

ဘုရား

Etymology

Perhaps from Sanskrit वर पूजार्ह (vara pūjārha, “venerable enclosure”).

Pronunciation

  • Phonetic respelling: ဖု'ရား
  • IPA(key): /pʰəjá/
  • Romanization: MLCTS: bhu.ra: • ALA-LC: bhurā″ • BGN/PCGN: hpăya: • Okell: hpăyà

Noun

ဘုရား • (bhu.ra:)

  1. (Buddhism) Buddha
  2. (Buddhism) pagoda, stupa, Buddhist temple
  3. honorific for royal and religious personages (e.g., the Buddha, kings, and monks)

Derived terms

  • ဘုရားသခင် (bhu.ra:sa.hkang, “(Christian) God”)

References

  • “ဘုရား” in The Judson Burmese–English Dictionary (Rangoon: American Baptist Mission Press 1921), page 728.
  • “ဘုရား” in Myanmar–English Dictionary (Myanmar Language Commission 1993). Searchable online at SEAlang.net.
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