ငရုတ်

Burmese

Etymology

From Pali marica (“black pepper”) or Sanskrit मरिच (marica, “pepper shrub”).[1]

Pronunciation

  • Phonetic respelling: င'ရုတ်
  • IPA(key): /ŋəjoʊʔ/
  • Romanization: MLCTS: nga.rut • ALA-LC: ṅarutʻ • BGN/PCGN: ngăyok • Okell: ngăyouʔ

Noun

ငရုတ် • (nga.rut)

  1. chili (spicy fresh or dried fruit of capsicum); red or cayenne pepper

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Jenny, Mathias (2015) “Foreign influence in the Burmese language”, in International Conference on Burma/Myanmar Studies Burma/Myanmar in Transition: Connectivity, Changes and Challenges

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