ဝေါဟာရ

Burmese

Etymology

Borrowed from Pali vohāra (designation, term, mode of speech; trade, business).

Pronunciation

  • Phonetic respelling: ဝေါဟာ*ရ
  • IPA(key): /wɔ́hàɹa̰/
  • Romanization: MLCTS: wau:hara. • ALA-LC: vohāra • BGN/PCGN: waw:hara. • Okell: wòhará

Noun

ဝေါဟာရ • (wau:hara.)

  1. common parlance
  2. vocabulary (list of words)
  3. term, word

Derived terms

  • ရုံးသုံးဝေါဟာရ (rum:sum:wau:hara.)
  • လောကဝေါဟာရ (lau:ka.wau:hara.)

Further reading

  • ဝေါဟာရ” in The Judson Burmese–English Dictionary (Rangoon: American Baptist Mission Press 1921), page 972.
  • ဝေါဟာရ” in Myanmar–English Dictionary (Myanmar Language Commission 1993). Searchable online at SEAlang.net.

Pali

Alternative forms

Noun

ဝေါဟာရ m

  1. Burmese script form of vohāra

Declension