ဗုဒ္ဓဘာသာ

Burmese

Etymology

ဗုဒ္ဓ (buddha., “Buddha”) +‎ ဘာသာ (bhasa, “language, religion”).

Pronunciation

• Phonetic respelling: ဗုတ်ဓဗာ+သာ
• IPA^(key): /boʊʔda̰bàðà/
• Romanization: MLCTS: buddha.bhasa • ALA-LC: buddhabhāsā • BGN/PCGN: bokda.badha • Okell: bouʔdábatha

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Noun

ဗုဒ္ဓဘာသာ • (buddha.bhasa)

1. (Buddhism) the religion or philosophy derived from the teachings of Gautama Buddha; Buddhism
2. the teachings of Buddha

   ဗမာပြည်မှာ မွန်လူမျိုးတို့သည် ဗုဒ္ဓဘာသာဝင်များ ဖြစ်ကြသည်

   ba.ma-pranyhma mwanlu-myui:tui.sany buddha.bhasawangmya: hprackra.sany

   In Burma the Mons are Buddhist people.

3. a person of the Buddhist faith

Descendants

• → Mon: ဗုဒ္ဓဘာသာ
• → Shan: ပုၵ်ႉထႃႉၽႃႇသႃႇ (pṵ̂k thâ̰a phàa sàa)

Further reading

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

Mon

Etymology

Borrowed from Pali ဗုဒ္ဓဘတ္တိကာ (buddhabhattikā) + Pali bhāsā.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pùtthɛ̀ʔ/, /phɛ̀asa/

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Noun

ဗုဒ္ဓဘာသာ (pùtthɛ̀ʔ phɛ̀asa)

1. Buddhism

   ပ္ဍဲဍုၚ်ဗၟာ မန်ဂမၠိုၚ် မဒှ်ညးဗုဒ္ဓဘာသာအိုတ်ရ၊ ကိုပ်ကၠာတေံ တွဵုရးဍုၚ်မန်လေဝ် မၞုံပြာကတ်တဴကီုရ။

   In Burma the Mons are Buddhist people, in olden days, Mon country also was known.