ပထဝီ

Burmese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Pali pathavī (earth).

Pronunciation

  • Phonetic respelling: ပ'ထ'ဝီ
  • IPA(key): /pətʰəwì/
  • Romanization: MLCTS: pa.hta.wi • ALA-LC: pathavī • BGN/PCGN: păhtăwi • Okell: păhtăwi

Noun

ပထဝီ • (pa.hta.wi)

  1. solidity (commonly described as 'element of earth')
  2. earth
  3. synonym of ပထဝီဝင် (pa.hta.wiwang, geography)

Derived terms

  • ပထဝီကြော (pa.hta.wi-krau:)
  • ပထဝီဓာတ် (pa.hta.widhat)
  • ပထဝီဝင် (pa.hta.wiwang)

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