ပရိနိဗ္ဗာန်စံ

Burmese

Etymology

ပရိနိဗ္ဗာန် (pa.ri.nibban, parinirvana) +‎ စံ (cam, to take delight, (royal) live in).

Pronunciation

  • Phonetic respelling: ပ'*ရိပ်နိပ်ဗန်စံ
  • IPA(key): /pəɹeɪʔneɪʔbàɴsàɴ/
  • Romanization: MLCTS: pa.ri.nibbancam • ALA-LC: parinibbānʻcaṃ • BGN/PCGN: păreikneikbansan • Okell: păreiʔneiʔbañsañ

Verb

ပရိနိဗ္ဗာန်စံ • (pa.ri.nibbancam)

  1. (of the Buddha and arhats) to attain Nirvana, i.e. cessation of strife
  2. to pass away

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