မီးသုံးပါး

Burmese

Etymology

မီး (mi:, “fires”) +‎ သုံး (sum:, “three”) +‎ ပါး (pa:)

Pronunciation

Phonetic respelling: မီးသုံးဗား

IPA^(key): /míθóʊɴbá/

Romanization: MLCTS: mi:sum:pa: • ALA-LC: mīʺsuṃʺpāʺ • BGN/PCGN: mi:thon:ba: • Okell: mìthoùñpà

Noun

မီးသုံးပါး • (mi:sum:pa:)

(Buddhism) three fires (also known as the three poisons), i.e., greed, anger, and ignorance

Hyponyms

ဒေါသ (dau:sa.)
မောဟ (mau:ha.)
လောဘ (lau:bha.)

References

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

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