မန္တလေး

Burmese

Etymology

From the nearby Mandalay Hill (မန္တလေးတောင် (manta.le:taung)). Further etymology is unclear. A Pali origin is likely, judging from the spelling; compare Pali maṇḍala (“circle, disk, round flat surface, maṇḍala”), mandāra (name of a mountain).

Pronunciation
  • Phonetic respelling: မန်ဒ'လေး
  • IPA(key): /màɴdəlé/
  • Romanization: MLCTS: manta.le: • ALA-LC: mantale″ • BGN/PCGN: mandăle: • Okell: mañtăleì

Proper noun

မန္တလေး • (manta.le:)

  1. (~မြို့) Mandalay (city in Myanmar)
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