ဗေဒင်

Burmese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Pali vedaṅga, from Sanskrit वेदाङ्ग (vedāṅga).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bèdɪ̀ɴ/
  • Romanization: MLCTS: bedang • ALA-LC: bedaṅʻ • BGN/PCGN: bedin • Okell: beidiñ

Noun

ဗေဒင် • (bedang)

  1. astrology, fortune-telling
  2. (historical) the six traditional branches of knowledge in Burmese society, i.e., phonology, grammar, prosody, glossology, astronomy ,and traditional rites

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