ဘုရင်

Burmese

Etymology

According to MED, a contraction of ဘုရား (bhu.ra:, “royal personage”) + ရှင် (hrang, “lord”).

Pronunciation

  • Phonetic respelling: ဘု'ရင်
  • IPA(key): /bəjɪ̀ɴ/
  • Romanization: MLCTS: bhu.rang • ALA-LC: bhuraṅʻ • BGN/PCGN: băyin • Okell: băyiñ

Noun

ဘုရင် • (bhu.rang)

  1. monarch, king
  2. (chess) king

Derived terms

See also

Chess pieces in Burmese · စစ်တုရင်ရုပ် (cactu.rangrup) (layout · text)
ဘုရင် (bhu.rang) ဘုရင်မ (bhu.rangma.) ကျီးအ (kyi:a.) ဘုန်းကြီး (bhun:kri:) မြင်း (mrang:) နယ် (nai)

Further reading

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