သာမဏေ

Burmese

FWOTD – 22 December 2016

Etymology

Borrowed from Pali sāmaṇera, from Sanskrit श्रामणेर (śrāmaṇera).

Pronunciation

• Phonetic respelling: သာမ'ဏေ
• IPA^(key): /θàmənè/
• Romanization: MLCTS: sama.ne • ALA-LC: sāmaṇe • BGN/PCGN: thamăne • Okell: thamănei

Noun

သာမဏေ • (sama.ne)

1. (Buddhism) novice monk

Derived terms

• ရှင်သာမဏေ (hrangsama.ne)

 

References

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