ဝေဿ

Burmese

Etymology

From Pali vessa, from Sanskrit वैश्य (vaiśya)

Pronunciation

Phonetic respelling: ဝစ်သ

IPA^(key): /wɪʔθa̰/

Romanization: MLCTS: wessa. • ALA-LC: vessa • BGN/PCGN: wittha. • Okell: wiʔthá

Noun

ဝေဿ • (wessa.)

(historical, literary) The third class of traditional Burmese society, comprising merchants (Vaishyas), one of the four social classes known as အမျိုးလေးပါး (a.myui:le:pa:)

Synonyms

သူဌေးမျိုး (suhte:myui:)

References

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

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