မူလီ

Burmese

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mùlì/
  • Romanization: MLCTS: muli • ALA-LC: mūlī • BGN/PCGN: muli • Okell: muli

Etymology 1

According to MED, borrowed from Hindi मूली (mūlī, “mooli, daikon (radish)”), apparently named because bolts resemble radishes.

Noun

မူလီ • (muli)

  1. bolt (metal fastener, as in nuts and bolts)
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Sanskrit मूली (mūlī, “radish, firmly fixed root”).

Noun

မူလီ • (muli)

  1. anything secondary or subsidiary

Further reading

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