တပည့်တော်

Burmese

Etymology

တပည့် (ta.pany., “pupil, disciple”) +‎ -တော် (-tau, “reverent suffix”).

Pronunciation

  • Phonetic respelling: ဒ'ဗေ့ဒေါ်
  • IPA(key): /dəbḛdɔ̀/
  • Romanization: MLCTS: ta.pany.tau • ALA-LC: tapaññʻʹtoʻ • BGN/PCGN: dăbe.daw • Okell: tăpeíto

Noun

တပည့်တော် • (ta.pany.tau)

  1. (Buddhism) disciple
  2. respectful term referring to self, used when addressing a member of the Buddhist religious order or in prayer

Further reading

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