မာတာပိတု

Burmese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Pali mātāpitu

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /màtàpḭtṵ/
• Romanization: MLCTS: matapi.tu. • ALA-LC: mātāpitu • BGN/PCGN: matapi.tu. • Okell: matapítú

Noun

မာတာပိတု • (matapi.tu.)

1. (literary, formal) parents

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• mātāpitu (Latin script)
• 𑀫𑀸𑀢𑀸𑀧𑀺𑀢𑀼 (Brahmi script)
• मातापितु (Devanagari script)
• মাতাপিতু (Bengali script)
• මාතාපිතු (Sinhalese script)
• မႃတႃပိတု (Burmese script)
• มาตาปิตุ (Thai script)
• ᨾᩣᨲᩣᨷᩥᨲᩩ (Tai Tham script)
• ມາຕາປິຕຸ (Lao script)
• មាតាបិតុ (Khmer script)
• 𑄟𑄂𑄖𑄂𑄛𑄨𑄖𑄪 (Chakma script)

Noun

မာတာပိတု (mātāpitu)

1. Burmese script form of mātāpitu, which is inflection of မာတာပိတရ်:
   1. combining form
   2. alternative stem (mātāpitar, “mother and father”)