"Dawei" meaning in English

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Proper name

Etymology: Borrowed from Burmese ထားဝယ် (hta:wai), ultimately from Mon ထဝဲ (literally “to sit cross-legged”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|my|ထားဝယ်}} Burmese ထားဝယ် (hta:wai), {{der|en|mnw|ထဝဲ|lit=to sit cross-legged}} Mon ထဝဲ (literally “to sit cross-legged”) Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Dawei
  1. A city in Taninthayi Region, Myanmar (Burma) formerly known as Tavoy. Translations (city in Myanmar): ထားဝယ် (hta:wai) (Burmese), ថ្វាយ (thvaay) (Khmer), ဓဝဲါ (Mon), ทะวาย (tá-waai) (Thai)
    Sense id: en-Dawei-en-name-dIrTxiVR Disambiguation of 'city in Myanmar': 81 19
  2. (linguistics) A dialect of Burmese spoken there. Categories (topical): Linguistics Synonyms: Tavoyan
    Sense id: en-Dawei-en-name-AQjJ~NrC Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Terms with Burmese translations, Terms with Khmer translations, Terms with Mon translations, Terms with Thai translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 41 59 Disambiguation of Terms with Burmese translations: 21 79 Disambiguation of Terms with Khmer translations: 26 74 Disambiguation of Terms with Mon translations: 35 65 Disambiguation of Terms with Thai translations: 21 79 Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: Tavoy

Download JSON data for Dawei meaning in English (2.6kB)

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