မုၢ်ဟာခီမဂ်လာ
muh ha hki mingala
The English phrase "good night" is translated into Karen as မုၢ်ဟာခီမဂ်လာ (muh ha hki mingala).
This phrase is used as a farewell.
Meaning: a farewell (phrase)
How do you pronounce it?
muh ha hki mingala
Did you know?
- The word မဂ်လာ in မုၢ်ဟာခီမဂ်လာ is a loanword from Pali, the ancient liturgical language of Theravada Buddhism, which means 'auspicious' or 'blessing'.
- The phrase မုၢ်ဟာခီမဂ်လာ is part of a linguistic family that shares ancient roots with languages spoken in India and Tibet, far from its current primary use in Myanmar and Thailand.
- If you are speaking to a very high-ranking person or a monk, the phrase might be modified with additional honorifics that are not present in the standard version.
Example conversation
Two friends are saying goodbye before going to sleep.
- ကေကေ Kay Kayမုၢ်ဟာခီမဂ်လာ၊ စောစော။mu ha khi mag la, Saw Saw.Good night, Saw Saw.
- စောစော Saw Sawမုၢ်ဟာခီမဂ်လာ၊ ကေကေ။mu ha khi mag la, Kay Kay.Good night, Kay Kay.
- ကေကေ Kay Kayအီၣ်နီၣ်တဖျုၣ်။ee nee ta phyu.See you tomorrow.
