ဘဏ်

Burmese

Etymology

Borrowed from English bank, transcribed with a retroflex nasal ဏ (na.) as a photo-semantic matching of ဘဏ္ဍာ (bhanda, “property, finances”).

Pronunciation

  • Phonetic respelling: ဗန်
  • IPA(key): /bàɴ/
  • Romanization: MLCTS: bhan • ALA-LC: bhaṇʻ • BGN/PCGN: ban • Okell: bañ

Noun

ဘဏ် • (bhan)

  1. bank (financial institution)

Derived terms

  • ဘဏ်တိုး (bhantui:)
  • ဘဏ်တိုက် (bhantuik)
  • ဘဏ်နှုန်း (bhanhnun:)
  • သွေးဘဏ် (swe:bhan)
  • သွေးလှူဘဏ် (swe:hlubhan)

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