မင်္ဂလာ

Burmese

Etymology

Borrowed from Pali maṅgala, from Sanskrit मङ्गल (maṅgala, “happiness”). Cognate with Thai มงคล (mong-kon).

Pronunciation

Phonetic respelling: မင်ဂ'လာ

IPA^(key): /mɪ̀ɴɡəlà/

Romanization: MLCTS: mangga.la • ALA-LC: maṅ‘galā • BGN/PCGN: min-găla • Okell: miñgăla

Noun

မင်္ဂလာ • (mangga.la)

prosperity

Derived terms

မင်္ဂလာပါ (mangga.lapa)

References

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

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