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မြေက်

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Mon

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Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Pali marica[1] or learned borrowing from Sanskrit मरिच (marica);[1] alternatively, from the same unattested source as the aforementioned words.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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မြေက် (mrek)

  1. chilli[1][2][3]

References

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  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Jenny, Mathias (2015) “Foreign influence in the Burmese language”, in International Conference on Burma/Myanmar Studies Burma/Myanmar in Transition: Connectivity, Changes and Challenges
  2. 2.0 2.1 Shorto, H.L. (1962) A Dictionary of Modern Spoken Mon[1], London: Oxford University Press. Searchable online at SEAlang.net.
  3. ^ R. Halliday (1922) A Mon-English Dictionary[2], Bangkok: Siam Society