ဒဿဂီရိ

Burmese

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit दश (daśa, “ten”) and गीरि (gīri, “head”). Compare Thai ทศกัณฐ์ (tót-sà-gan, “ten-necked, Ravana”).

Pronunciation

• Phonetic respelling: ဒ'သဂီရိ
• IPA^(key): /dəθa̰ɡìjḭ/
• Romanization: MLCTS: da.ssa.giri. • ALA-LC: dassagīri • BGN/PCGN: dătha.giyi. • Okell: dăthágiyí

Noun

ဒဿဂီရိ • (da.ssa.giri.)

1. (Hinduism) Ravana

Synonyms

• ရာဝဏ (rawa.na.)