ပုဂ္ဂိုလ်

Burmese

Etymology

Borrowed from Pali puggala (“individual; person; human”), from Sanskrit पुद्गल (pudgala, “beautiful; body; material object; ego; soul; individual”).

Pronunciation

• Phonetic respelling: ပုတ်ဂို
• IPA^(key): /poʊʔɡò/
• Romanization: MLCTS: pugguil • ALA-LC: pugguilʻ • BGN/PCGN: pokgo • Okell: pouʔgou

Noun

ပုဂ္ဂိုလ် • (pugguil)

1. human, person, human being
2. respectable person

Derived terms

• ပုဂ္ဂိုလ်စွဲ (pugguilcwai:)

 

Further reading

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