နားသမင်္ဂလာ

Burmese

Etymology

နား (na:, ear) +‎ (sa., to make trim) +‎ မင်္ဂလာ (mangga.la, prosperity, ceremony).

Pronunciation

  • Phonetic respelling: နား+သမင်ဂ'လာ
  • IPA(key): /náða̰mɪ̀ɴɡəlà/
  • Romanization: MLCTS: na:sa.mangga.la • ALA-LC: nāʺsamaṅʻgalā • BGN/PCGN: na:dha.min-găla • Okell:thámiñgăla

Noun

နားသမင်္ဂလာ • (na:sa.mangga.la)

  1. ear-boring ceremony

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