မဟာဝိဇ္ဇာဘွဲ့

Burmese

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• Phonetic respelling: မ'ဟာဝိတ်ဇာဘွဲ့
• IPA^(key): /məhàweɪʔzàbwɛ̰/
• Romanization: MLCTS: ma.hawijjabhwai. • ALA-LC: mahāvijjābhvaiʹ • BGN/PCGN: măhaweikzabwè. • Okell: măhaweiʔzabwé

Noun

မဟာဝိဇ္ဇာဘွဲ့ • (ma.hawijjabhwai.)

1. Master of Arts

Coordinate terms

• မဟာသိပ္ပံဘွဲ့ (ma.hasippambhwai., “Master of Science”)