မယ်တော်

Burmese

Etymology

မယ် (mai, “woman, mother”) +‎ -တော် (-tau, “royal”).

Pronunciation

  • Phonetic respelling: မယ်ဒေါ်
  • IPA(key): /mɛ̀dɔ̀/
  • Romanization: MLCTS: maitau • ALA-LC: mayʻtoʻ • BGN/PCGN: mèdaw • Okell: meto

Noun

မယ်တော် • (maitau)

  1. (honorific, royal) mother
  2. (Buddhism, honorific) mother (of Buddhist monks)
  3. (Buddhism, honorific) the woman sponsor of a Buddhist monk's ordination

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