ဂရု

Burmese

Etymology

Borrowed from Pali garu (heavy).

Pronunciation

  • Phonetic respellings: ဂ'ရု, ဂ'*ရု
  • IPA(key): /ɡəjṵ/, /ɡəɹṵ/
  • Romanization: MLCTS: ga.ru. • ALA-LC: garu • BGN/PCGN: găyu./găru. • Okell: găyú/gărú

Noun

ဂရု • (ga.ru.)

  1. (linguistics) heavy, stressed sound (i.e. a sound having a duration of two မတြာ (ma.tra))

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Further reading

Pali

Alternative forms

Adjective

ဂရု

  1. Burmese script form of garu (“heavy”)

Declension

Noun

ဂရု m

  1. Burmese script form of garu (“teacher”)

Declension