နဂါးလှည့်

Burmese

A draconic serpent's head guarding the house

Etymology

နဂါး (na.ga:, “dragon”) +‎ လှည့် (hlany., “turn”)

Pronunciation

• Phonetic respelling: န'ဂါးလှည့်
• IPA^(key): /nəɡál̥ḭ/
• Romanization: MLCTS: na.ga:hlany. • ALA-LC: nagāʺlhaññʻʹ • BGN/PCGN: năga:hli. • Okell: năgàhlí

Noun

နဂါးလှည့် • (na.ga:hlany.)

1. direction of the head of the nāga which is believed to guard a house and thus determines the direction favorable for making a journey( used in Burmese astrology).

References

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