တပည့်တော်

Burmese

Etymology

တပည့် (ta.pany., “pupil, disciple”) +‎ -တော် (-tau, “reverent suffix”).

Pronunciation

• Phonetic respelling: ဒ'ဗေ့ဒေါ်
• IPA^(key): /dəbḛdɔ̀/
• Romanization: MLCTS: ta.pany.tau • ALA-LC: tapaññʻʹtoʻ • BGN/PCGN: dăbe.daw • Okell: tăpeíto

Noun

တပည့်တော် • (ta.pany.tau)

1. (Buddhism) disciple
2. respectful term referring to self, used when addressing a member of the Buddhist religious order or in prayer

Further reading

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