မြေက်

Mon
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Etymology

Learned borrowing from Pali marica[1] or learned borrowing from Sanskrit मरिच (marica);[1] alternatively, from the same unattested source as the aforementioned words.

Pronunciation

Noun

မြေက် (mrek)

  1. chilli[1][2][3]

References
  1. Jenny, Mathias (2015) “Foreign influence in the Burmese language”, in International Conference on Burma/Myanmar Studies Burma/Myanmar in Transition: Connectivity, Changes and Challenges
  2. Shorto, H.L. (1962) A Dictionary of Modern Spoken Mon‎, London: Oxford University Press. Searchable online at SEAlang.net.
  3. R. Halliday (1922) A Mon-English Dictionary‎, Bangkok: Siam Society
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