ဝေဖန်

Burmese

Etymology

According to MED, from ဝေ (we, “to distribute”) +‎ ဖန် (hpan, “to make”), though it seems more likely that the second syllable invokes the "acrid" sense instead.

Pronunciation

  • Phonetic respelling: ဝေဗန်
  • IPA(key): /wèbàɴ/
  • Romanization: MLCTS: wehpan • ALA-LC: vephanʻ • BGN/PCGN: weban • Okell: weihpañ

Verb

ဝေဖန် • (wehpan)

  1. to criticize
  2. to apportion

Derived terms

  • ဝေဖန်တိကပြု (wehpanti.ka.pru.)
  • သတင်းဝေဖန်ချက် (sa.tang:wehpanhkyak)

Further reading

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