ပဋိဇီဝဆေး

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Burmese

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Etymology

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Pali ပဋိ (paṭi, against) +‎ Pali ဇီဝ (jīva, life) +‎ ဆေး (hce:, medicine), calque of English antibiotic. Cognate with Thai ปฏิชีวนะ (bpà-dtì-chii-wá-ná).

Pronunciation

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  • Phonetic respelling: ပ'ဍိဇီဝဆေး
  • IPA(key): /pədḭzìwa̰sʰé/
  • Romanization: MLCTS: pa.ti.jiwa.hce: • ALA-LC: paṭijīvacheʺ • BGN/PCGN: pădi.ziwa.hse: • Okell:tíziwáhseì

Noun

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ပဋိဇီဝဆေး (pa.ti.jiwa.hce:)

  1. antibiotic