ဘား

Burmese

Etymology 1

Borrowed from English bar.

The "gymnastics" sense is derived from parallel bars, by metonymy.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bá/
  • Romanization: MLCTS: bha: • ALA-LC: bhāʺ • BGN/PCGN: ba: • Okell:

Noun

ဘား • (bha:)

  1. bar, pub
    Synonym: အရက်ဆိုင် (a.rakhcuing)
  2. gymnastics
Derived terms
  • ကျွမ်းဘား (kywam:bha:, gymnastics)
  • ကောင်းကင်ဘား (kaung:kangbha:, trapeze)
  • နှစ်တန်းဘား (hnactan:bha:, parallel bars)
  • ဘားကျွမ်း (bha:kywam:, gymnastics)
  • ဘားတန်း (bha:tan:, bar)

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

  • Phonetic respelling: ဖား
  • IPA(key): /pʰá/
  • Romanization: MLCTS: bha: • ALA-LC: bhāʺ • BGN/PCGN: hpa: • Okell: hpà

Noun

ဘား • (bha:)

  1. obsolete spelling of ဖား (hpa:, frog)

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