မဟာပညာဗလ

Burmese

Etymology

မဟာ (ma.ha) +‎ ပညာ (pa.nya) +‎ ဗလ (ba.la.), borrowed from Pali mahā +‎ Pali paññā +‎ Pali bala.

Pronunciation

• Phonetic respelling: မ'ဟာပြင်ညာ+ဗ'လ
• IPA^(key): /məhàpjɪ̀ɴɲàbəla̰/
• Romanization: MLCTS: ma.hapa.nyaba.la. • ALA-LC: mahāpaññābala • BGN/PCGN: măha-pyinnyabăla. • Okell: măhapyiñnyabălá

Noun

မဟာပညာဗလ • (ma.hapa.nyaba.la.)

1. (Buddhism, historical) title conferred by the Burmese government to Buddhist civilians from the 1950s to 1970s.