မဟာဘွဲ့

Burmese

Etymology

မဟာ (ma.ha, “great”) +‎ ဘွဲ့ (bhwai., “academic degree”). The first component is cognate with the "master" in English master's degree.

Pronunciation

• Phonetic respelling: မ'ဟာဘွဲ့
• IPA^(key): /məhàbwɛ̰/
• Romanization: MLCTS: ma.habhwai. • ALA-LC: mahābhvaiʹ • BGN/PCGN: măhabwè. • Okell: măhabwé

Noun

မဟာဘွဲ့ • (ma.habhwai.)

1. master's degree

Coordinate terms

• ပထမဘွဲ့ (pa.hta.ma.bhwai., “bachelor's degree”)
• ပါရဂူဘွဲ့ (para.gubhwai., “Doctor of Philosophy”)