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CHINESE WORDS IN THE BURMESE LANGUAGE.
[ANNUARY
SKUIAL NUMBER
BURMESE.
MEANING
CHINESE
SAXSKRIT.
PAGI.
REMARKS.
Buddha
Baddha
Phn-ra (pronounced
Pha-ya)
106 1115 Fu-ya (now Buddha
pronounced Fo.
yeh)
2
Ta-ti : (also pro- Law
nounced TAA:)
i
HS Ta- Dharma erh-ma-ye
Dhamnia
The Chinese form is the transliteration of the Sanskrit teim Dharma, and is al breviated to Ta erh, or Ta-ra in Burmese.
.
3
Sangn
Assembly
of th Sêng.chia, Samgha
or Isang-ka
Sangha
S is pronounced th in
Burmese.
Wu Shih-chis
S'akra
Sakka
+Si-krá : (pronounced Indra or Ref Sagsa)
cording Angel of Buddhism
It is remarkable that the
vowel i after the consonant in the Burmeso word is derived from Chinese.
.
5
Veikban
Nirvana
* Nieh-p'an
Vibbāna
Neraban is an older form
of the word in Bur. m.ese.
6
Pu-to : (pronounced | Pa-tỏ :)
A pagoda
PE Fu-to
Chaitya
Cetiya
7
Kyaung
A monastery
Vihara
Vihara
Kung. (pronounced Kiong in the Amoy dialect)
In the Tavoy dialect of
the Burmese language, the word is pronounced
Klong
8
Rahan: or Yahan:
An ordnined
monk
WE U Lohan
Arban
Bhikkhu
9
Shan or Shin
A novice
E
Shang-jên
s'ramanera
Sananera
Shang-Jen or the superior
men denote, in Chinese, those who have renounced the world.
10 Kyam:
Ching
Sutra
Sutta
A canonical
book A palm-leaf
11
Pe
tl Pei
Talapatra
Talapatta
The Sanskrit word patra
became pei-to-lo in Chinese, which was shortened to pei.
12
Pa-ti-si (pronounced
Ba-di-zi)
rosary
MEF P'u-to
tzu
Bodhi becane Pu-ti in
Chinese ; audzu means & seed.
13 Kantaw or Kadaw
to
Kan-tao
Paja
Puja
To return
thanks to make obei sance
14
Kye :-za:
To render as sistance; to do a good turn
n DJ Kei-chu (in Northern Mandarin) and chitsa in Southern Mandarin)
15
Hlu
To give in Ho Lu
Dana
DAN
charity
16
Shi ko :
T Shih-k'ao
Namal
Namo
To worship;
to seek re. fuge in
TAW SEIN Ko.
GILBERT AND RIVINGTON.
