ဘုရားဖူး

Burmese

Etymology

ဘုရား (bhu.ra:, “Buddha, pagoda”) +‎ ဖူး (hpu:, “to visit (a shrine, monk, etc.)”).

Pronunciation

(for the noun senses):

• Phonetic respelling: ဖု'ရားဖူး
• IPA^(key): /pʰəjápʰú/
• Romanization: MLCTS: bhu.ra:hpu: • ALA-LC: bhurāʺphūʺ • BGN/PCGN: hpăya:hpu: • Okell: hpăyàhpù

(for the verb sense)

• Phonetic respelling: ဖု'ရားဗူး
• IPA^(key): /pʰəjábú/
• Romanization: MLCTS: bhu.ra:hpu: • ALA-LC: bhurāʺphūʺ • BGN/PCGN: hpăya:bu: • Okell: hpăyàhpù

Verb

ဘုရားဖူး • (bhu.ra:hpu:)

1. to pay obeisance or worship at a stupa; to make a pilgrimage

Noun

ဘုရားဖူး • (bhu.ra:hpu:)

1. pilgrim
2. pilgrimage

Further reading

• “ဘုရားဖူး” in Myanmar–English Dictionary (Myanmar Language Commission 1993). Searchable online at SEAlang.net.
• “ဘုရားဖူး” in The Judson Burmese–English Dictionary (Rangoon: American Baptist Mission Press 1921), page 133.