ဒြပ်

Burmese

Etymology

From Sanskrit द्रव्य (dravya).

Pronunciation
  • Phonetic respelling: ဒြတ်
  • IPA(key): /dɹaʔ/
  • Romanization: MLCTS: drap • ALA-LC: drapʻ • BGN/PCGN: drat • Okell: draʔ

Noun

ဒြပ် • (drap)

  1. (physics) matter; substance

Further reading

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Etymology

From Sanskrit द्रव्य (dravya). For the prominent sense to be adopted and survive, compare Thai ทรัพย์ (sáp, “property”).

Pronunciation
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Particularly: “The vowel looks a tad anomalous. Is /tr/ retained in Thailand?”

Noun

ဒြပ် (drap)

  1. property, wealth[1]
    • [1896, Rev. Edward O. Stevens, A Vocabulary, English and Peguan, to which are added a few pages of geographical names (overall work in English), Rangoon: American Baptist Mission Press, page 83:
      property, n. ဒြပ်။—possessions, ပိုန်ဒြပ်။—wealth, ပိုန်။
      property, n. drap။—possessions, puindrap။—wealth, pun။
      ]
    • 1951, The Holy Bible‎, Rangoon: The British and Foreign Bible Society, Revelations 18:12, page NT 565:
      ဟိုတ်မ္ဂးဂှ်။ ဒြပ်ဗနိက်ညးတံဝွံ မတွံဂး။ ထဝ်။ သြန်။ မတ်မပြဲ။ မတ်ဗၠဲ။ ယာတ်ကာန်ကမု။ ခတေဝ်ပးဗ္ကေတ်။ ယာတ်သုတ်။ ယာတ်ဗ္ကေတ်ယောံ။ ဆုမြမောဝ်ဇၟာပ်ဇၟာပ်ဂကူ။ အပေါတ်မကၠောန်နကဵုဂြၚ်စိၚ်ဇၟာပ်ဇၟာပ်ဂကူ။ အပေါတ်မကၠောန်နကဵုဆုမခိုဟ်ပြဲဇၟာပ်ဇၟာပ်ဂကူ။ အပေါတ်သၠုဲ။ အပေါတ်ပသဲ။ အပေါတ်တၟံဗ္တာၚ်။
      precious merchandise of gold, silver, precious stones, pearls, fine linen, purple, silk, scarlet, all expensive wood, every vessel of ivory, every vessel made of most precious wood, and of brass, and iron, and marble;

References
  1. Shorto, H.L. (1962) “ဒြပ်”, in A Dictionary of Modern Spoken Mon‎, London: Oxford University Press. Searchable online at SEAlang.net.
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