ဗုဒ္ဓဝါ

See also: ဗုဒ္ဓဝါရော

Mon

Etymology

From Pali budhavāra or Sanskrit बुधवार (budhavāra).[1] Cognate with Burmese ဗုဒ္ဓဟူး (buddha.hu:).

Pronunciation

  • (Kaw Kyaik, Myanmar) IPA(key): /pṳt.hə.wɛ̤a/[2]
  • IPA(key): (Pak Kret District, Thailand) /pṳt.tʰɛ̤əʔ.wɛ̤ə/[1]

Noun

ဗုဒ္ဓဝါ (buddhawā)

  1. (astronomy) (ဂြိုဟ်~) Mercury
  2. (တ္ၚဲ~) Wednesday

See also

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Sakamoto, Yasuyuki (1994) “ဝါ; ဗုဒ္ဓ”, in Mon - Japanese Dictionary[1] (in Japanese), Tokyo: Institute for the Study of Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies, page 1067
  2. ^ Shorto, H.L. (1962) A Dictionary of Modern Spoken Mon[2], London: Oxford University Press. Searchable online at SEAlang.net.