စတုဒိသာ

Burmese

Etymology

Borrowed from Pali catu (“four”) + disā (“compass point”).

Pronunciation

  • Phonetic respelling: စ'တုဒိသာ
  • IPA(key): /sətṵdḭθà/
  • Romanization: MLCTS: ca.tu.di.sa • ALA-LC: catudisā • BGN/PCGN: sătu.di.tha • Okell: sătúdítha

Noun

စတုဒိသာ • (ca.tu.di.sa)

  1. the four cardinal points
  2. feast given in charity for all comers (i.e. those coming from all four cardinal directions), charity feast

Further reading

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