မန္တလေး

Burmese

Etymology

From မန္တလေးတောင် (manta.le:taung, “Mandalay Hill”).

Derivation unclear. Compare Pali maṇḍala (“circle; disk; round flat surface”), Sanskrit मण्डल (maṇḍala, “circle; disk; mandala”).

Pronunciation

  • Phonetic respelling: မန်းဒ'လေး
  • IPA(key): /máɴdəlé/
  • Romanization: MLCTS: manta.le: • ALA-LC: mantaleʺ • BGN/PCGN: man:dăle: • Okell: màñtăleì

Proper noun

မန္တလေး • (manta.le:)

  1. (~မြို့) Mandalay (a city in Myanmar)
  2. (~တိုင်း, ~တိုင်းဒေသကြီး) Mandalay Region (an administrative subdivision in Myanmar)

Descendants

  • → English: Mandalay

See also

divisions of Myanmaredit
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