ပုတီး

Burmese

Etymology

According to MED, borrowed from Sanskrit, though the supposed Sanskrit term that MED gives, वत4ळाबिः (vata4ḷābiḥ) is clearly garbled and thus incorrect.

Pronunciation

  • Phonetic respelling: ဗ'ဒီး
  • IPA(key): /bədí/
  • Romanization: MLCTS: pu.ti: • ALA-LC: putīʺ • BGN/PCGN: bădi: • Okell: pătì

Noun

ပုတီး • (pu.ti:)

  1. a string of beads
  2. a necklace of pearls, shells, amber, or any other beads
  3. a rosary

Derived terms

  • ငှက်ပုတီး (hngakpu.ti:)
  • စိပ်ပုတီး (cippu.ti:)
  • ပုတီးစိပ် (pu.ti:cip)
  • မုတ်ပုတီး (mutpu.ti:)

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