သံဃာ

Burmese

Etymology

Borrowed from Pali saṅgha, from Sanskrit संघ (saṃgha).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /θàɴɡà/
• Romanization: MLCTS: samgha • ALA-LC: saṃghā • BGN/PCGN: than-ga • Okell: thañga

Noun

သံဃာ • (samgha)

1. (Buddhism) Sangha; part of the Triple Gem (ရတနာသုံးပါး (ra.ta.nasum:pa:))
2. (Buddhism) member of the Buddhist monkhood

Derived terms

• ပင့်သံဃာ (pang.samgha)
• သံဃာစင် (samghacang)
• သံဃာတော် (samghatau)

 

References

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

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• saṅghā (Latin script)
• 𑀲𑀗𑁆𑀖𑀸 (Brahmi script)
• सङ्घा (Devanagari script)
• সঙ্ঘা (Bengali script)
• සඞ‍්ඝා (Sinhalese script)
• သင်္ဃာ or သင်္ꧠႃ or သင်ꧠႃ (Burmese script)
• สงฺฆา or สังฆา (Thai script)
• ᩈᩘᨥᩣ (Tai Tham script)
• ສງ຺ຆາ or ສັງຆາ (Lao script)
• សង្ឃា (Khmer script)
• 𑄥𑄋𑄴𑄊𑄂 (Chakma script)

Noun

သံဃာ (saṃghā)

1. Burmese script form of saṅghā, which is ablative singular and nominative/vocative plural of သံဃ (saṃgha ⇨ saṅgha)