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ခရေ

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Etymology

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This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.
Particularly: “Doesn't seem to be mentioned by STEDT or Luce 1981, and MED treats it as an atomic unit, as the constituent syllables, (hka.) +‎ ရေ (re), don't seem to contribute overall meaning.”

Pronunciation

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  • Phonetic respelling: ခ'ရေ
  • IPA(key): /kʰəjè/
  • Romanization: MLCTS: hka.re • ALA-LC: khare • BGN/PCGN: hkăye • Okell: hkăyei

Noun

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ခရေ (hka.re)

  1. Spanish cherry, bullet-wood tree, tanjong tree, Indian medlar (Mimusops elengi)[1]
  2. starflower, Indian medlar (Mimusops elengi)
  3. (slang) anus

Synonyms

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References

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  1. ^ Ōno, Tōru (2000) ビルマ(ミャンマー)語辞典 [Burmese dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Daigakushorin, →ISBN, page 73

Further reading

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Pali

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Alternative forms

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Noun

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ခရေ

  1. Burmese script form of khare, locative singular & accusative plural of ခရ (khara, donkey)
  2. Burmese script form of khare, locative singular of ခရ (khara, water)

Sanskrit

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