ဘိလပ်

Burmese

Etymology

Borrowed from Hindi विलायत (vilāyat, “England”), ultimately from Arabic وِلَايَة (wilāya).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bḭlaʔ/
• Romanization: MLCTS: bhi.lap • ALA-LC: bhilapʻ • BGN/PCGN: bi.lat • Okell: bílaʔ

Proper noun

ဘိလပ် • (bhi.lap)

1. Britain, England

Derived terms

• ဘိလပ်ပြန် (bhi.lappran)
• ဘိလပ်မြေ (bhi.lapmre)
• ဘိလပ်ရည် (bhi.lap-rany)

 

Descendants

• → Mon: ဗဳလာတ် (pìlàt)

References

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