ဘာဝ

Burmese

Etymology

Borrowed from Pali bhava.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bàwa̰/
• Romanization: MLCTS: bhawa. • ALA-LC: bhāva • BGN/PCGN: bawa. • Okell: bawá

Noun

ဘာဝ • (bhawa.)

1. nature

   ကလေးတို့ဘာဝ ― ka.le:tui.bhawa. ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

2. genitals
3. (rhetoric) emotion

Derived terms

• ဘာဝရုပ် (bhawa.rup)
• ဘာသာဘာဝ (bhasabhawa.)
• အတ္တဘော (atta.bhau:)

 

Further reading

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