မိစ္ဆာ

Burmese

Etymology

Borrowed from Pali micchā (“wrong”)

Pronunciation

• Phonetic respellings: မိတ်ဆာ, မိတ်ဇာ
• IPA^(key): /meɪʔsʰà/, /meɪʔzà/
• Romanization: MLCTS: michca • ALA-LC: micchā • BGN/PCGN: meikhsa/meikza • Okell: meiʔhsa/meiʔhsa

Noun

မိစ္ဆာ • (michca)

1. generic term for demons and monsters.
2. heretical, evil person

Adjective

မိစ္ဆာ • (michca)

1. evil, wrong, heretical

Synonyms

• မကောင်းဆိုး၀ါး

Derived terms

• မိစ္ဆာဒိဌိ (michcadi.hti.)
• ဝန်တိုမိစ္ဆာ (wantuimichca)

 

References

• “မိစ္ဆာ” in Myanmar–English Dictionary (Myanmar Language Commission 1993). Searchable online at SEAlang.net.