ဘား

Burmese

Etymology 1

Borrowed from English bar.

The "gymnastics" sense is derived from parallel bars, by metonymy.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bá/
• Romanization: MLCTS: bha: • ALA-LC: bhāʺ • BGN/PCGN: ba: • Okell: bà

Noun

ဘား • (bha:)

1. bar, pub

   Synonym: အရက်ဆိုင် (a.rakhcuing)

2. gymnastics

Derived terms

• ကျွမ်းဘား (kywam:bha:, “gymnastics”)
• ကောင်းကင်ဘား (kaung:kangbha:, “trapeze”)
• နှစ်တန်းဘား (hnactan:bha:, “parallel bars”)
• ဘားကျွမ်း (bha:kywam:, “gymnastics”)
• ဘားတန်း (bha:tan:, “bar”)

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

• Phonetic respelling: ဖား
• IPA^(key): /pʰá/
• Romanization: MLCTS: bha: • ALA-LC: bhāʺ • BGN/PCGN: hpa: • Okell: hpà

Noun

ဘား • (bha:)

1. Obsolete spelling of ဖား (hpa:, “frog”).

Further reading

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