ဘောင်းဘီ

Burmese

Etymology

This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.
Particularly: “Treated as an atomic unit by STEDT, which appears to be correct. Not given etymology by STEDT (bhɔŋ³ bhi² "pants / trousers"), and not mentioned by Luce 1981. Doesn't seem to resemble the word for "pants" in any neighboring national language, and as an atomic unit, lacks a clear interpretation as the sum of its syllables. There's a very vague resemblance to Hindi पाजामा (pājāmā, “pajamas”), though it is unclear whether the Hindi could transform so drastically into the Burmese form.”

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /báʊɴbì/
Romanization: MLCTS: bhaung:bhi • ALA-LC: bhoṅʻʺbhī • BGN/PCGN: baung:bi • Okell: baùñbi

Noun

ဘောင်းဘီ • (bhaung:bhi) (classifier ထည်)

(clothing) trousers, pants (garment covering the body from the waist downwards)

Derived terms

ခေါင်းလောင်းဘောင်းဘီ (hkaung:laung:bhaung:bhi)
ရှမ်းဘောင်းဘီ (hram:bhaung:bhi)
အသားကပ်ဘောင်းဘီ (a.sa:kapbhaung:bhi)

Descendants

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