ပဉ္စရူပ

Burmese

Rendition of pyinsarupa

Etymology

Borrowed from Pali pañca (“five”) +‎ Pali rūpa (“form”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /pɪ̀ɴsa̰jùpa̰/

Romanization: MLCTS: panyca.rupa. • ALA-LC: pañcarūpa • BGN/PCGN: pinsa.yupa. • Okell: piñsáyupá

Noun

ပဉ္စရူပ • (panyca.rupa.) (classifier ကောင်)

(mythology) chimeric animal with component parts of an elephant, bullock, horse, carp and tonaya (တိုးနရား (tui:na.ra:)), or alternately lion, elephant, buffalo, carp and brahminy duck (ဟင်္သာ (hangsa)).

References

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

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