ဖေဖေ
hpayhpay
ဖေဖေ (hpayhpay) is the Burmese word for dad.
ဖေဖေ is an informal noun used to refer to a father.
Meaning: informal: a father (noun)
How do you pronounce it?
hpayhpay
Did you know?
- In many Burmese households, the term for 'dad' is used as a way to address older male shopkeepers or acquaintances to create a sense of familial warmth and social closeness.
- In some traditional Burmese households, a child might refer to their father in the third person using ဖေဖေ even when speaking directly to him.
- If you are speaking to a stranger about your father, you would rarely use the word ဖေဖေ and instead use more formal terms like ဖခင် (hpa-khin) to avoid appearing childish.
Examples in context
- ဖေဖေ အိမ်ပြန်လာပြီလား။hpay phay ain pyan lar pyi lar?Is dad home yet?
- ဖေဖေက ပန်းသီးကြိုက်တယ်။hpay phay ka pann thee kyite tal.Dad likes apples.
- ဖေဖေနဲ့အတူ စားသောက်မယ်။hpay phay nae atu sa thauk mal.I will eat with dad.
Example conversation
Kyaw Kyaw and Hnin Hnin are talking about their families.
- နှင်းနှင်း Hnin Hninနင့် ဖေဖေ က ဘာအလုပ်လုပ်လဲ။nin phay phay ka bar a lote lote lae?What does your dad do for work?
- ကျော်ကျော် Kyaw Kyawကျွန်တော့် ဖေဖေ က ဆရာတစ်ယောက်ပါ။kyun taw phay phay ka sayar ta youk par.My dad is a teacher.
- နှင်းနှင်း Hnin Hninဟုတ်လား၊ မိုက်တာပဲ။hote lar, mike tar pal.Really? That's cool.
- ကျော်ကျော် Kyaw Kyawဟုတ်တယ်၊ ဖေဖေ က အရမ်းတော်တာ။hote tal, phay phay ka ayan taw tar.Yes, dad is very talented.
