ပဉ္စင်း

Burmese

Etymology

Perhaps from Pali pañcaṅga (“consisting of five things”), in the sense that a fully ordained monk:

• Is one who has abandoned the five factors (Pali pañcaṅgavippahīna) of: lust, ill will, stiffness and torpor, agitation and worry, and uncertainty, and
• Is one who is complete in the five factors (Pali pañcaṅgasamannāgata) of: the aggregate of virtue, concentration, wisdom, liberation, and knowledge/vision of one beyond training.

Pronunciation

• Phonetic respelling: ဗ'ဇင်း
• IPA^(key): /bəzɪ́ɴ/
• Romanization: MLCTS: panycang: • ALA-LC: pañcaṅʻʺ • BGN/PCGN: băzin: • Okell: băzìñ

Noun

ပဉ္စင်း • (panycang:) (classifier ပါး or ဦး)

1. (Buddhism) fully ordained Buddhist monk

Descendants

• → Mon: ပျၚ်

References

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