ဒဏ္ဍာရီ

Burmese

Etymology

Probably borrowed from Sanskrit or another Indo-Aryan language; MED gives the borrowed term as तन्द्री (tandrī), though no such lone lemma appears to exist. That said, compare with Hindi दंतकथा (dantakthā, “legend”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dàndàjì/
  • Romanization: MLCTS: dandari • ALA-LC: daṇḍārī • BGN/PCGN: dandayi • Okell: dandayi

Noun

ဒဏ္ဍာရီ • (dandari)

  1. legend, fable
  2. myth, mythos

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