ပဉ္စင်း

Burmese

Etymology

Perhaps from Pali pañcaṅga (“consisting of five things”), in the sense that a fully ordained monk:

Is one who has abandoned the five factors (Pali pañcaṅgavippahīna) of: lust, ill will, stiffness and torpor, agitation and worry, and uncertainty, and
Is one who is complete in the five factors (Pali pañcaṅgasamannāgata) of: the aggregate of virtue, concentration, wisdom, liberation, and knowledge/vision of one beyond training.

Pronunciation

Phonetic respelling: ဗ'ဇင်း

IPA^(key): /bəzɪ́ɴ/

Romanization: MLCTS: panycang: • ALA-LC: pañcaṅ‘″ • BGN/PCGN: băzin: • Okell: băzìñ

Noun

ပဉ္စင်း • (panycang:)

(Buddhism) fully ordained Buddhist monk

References

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

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