ငါးပါးသီလ

Burmese

Etymology

ငါး (nga:, “five”) +‎ ပါး (pa:, “classifier”) +‎ သီလ (sila., “morals, precepts”). Calque of Pali pañcasīla.

Pronunciation

• Phonetic respelling: ငါးဗားသီလ
• IPA^(key): /ŋábáθìla̰/
• Romanization: MLCTS: nga:pa:sila. • ALA-LC: ṅāʺpāʺsīla • BGN/PCGN: nga:ba:thila. • Okell: ngàpàthilá

Noun

ငါးပါးသီလ • (nga:pa:sila.)

1. (Buddhism) Five Precepts

Synonyms

• ပဉ္စသီလ (panyca.sila.)
• နိစ္စသီလ (nicca.sila.)

References

• “ငါးပါးသီလ” in Myanmar–English Dictionary (Myanmar Language Commission 1993). Searchable online at SEAlang.net.