# ဘဲ
## Burmese
### Etymology 1

From Proto-Lolo-Burmese *bay, from an areal Southeast Asian word; see Old Chinese 鴄 (OC *pʰid, “duck”) for more (STEDT).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /bɛ́/
* Romanization: MLCTS: bhai: • ALA-LC: bhai • BGN/PCGN: bè: • Okell: bè

#### Noun

ဘဲ • (bhai:) (classifier ကောင်)
* duck (aquatic bird of the family Anatidae)
* (slang) boyfriend
* ploughshare shaped like a duckbill

##### Derived terms

* ငါးဘဲဖြူ (nga:bhai:hpru)
* တောဘဲ (tau:bhai:)
* ဘဲငန်း (bhai:ngan:)
* ဘဲစားဘဲချေ (bhai:ca:bhai:hkye)
* ဘဲတောင် (bhai:taung)
* ဘဲနှုတ်သီး (bhai:hnutsi:)
* ဘဲမြီး (bhai:mri:)
* ဘဲလိပ် (bhai:lip)
* ဘဲဥ (bhai:u.)
* ဘဲဥပုံ (bhai:u.pum)
* ဘဲဥအိုး (bhai:u.ui:)

### Etymology 2

* This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Areal? Looks like a "b-negative", which, in the East Asian context, is probably from Tai-Kadai. Compare Old Chinese 不 (OC *pɯ, *pɯʔ, *pɯ', “no, not”).”

#### Alternative forms

* ပဲ (pai:) — rare

#### Pronunciation

* Phonetic respellings: ဗဲ, ဖဲ
* IPA: /bɛ́/, /pʰɛ́/
* Romanization: MLCTS: bhai: • ALA-LC: bhai • BGN/PCGN: bè:/hpè: • Okell: hpè/hpè

#### Postposition

ဘဲ • (bhai:)
* without (not doing or not having done something)
    ထီး မပါဘဲ ဘယ်တော့မှ မသွားပါဘူးhti: ma.pabhai: bhaitau.hma. ma.swa:pabhu:He never leaves without taking his umbrella.

### Etymology 3

* This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Doesn't seem to be mentioned by STEDT (the "more than two generations separated" family terms in Burmese generally seem to be of obscure origin). Any connection to Old Chinese 輩 (OC *puːls, “seniority”)?”

#### Noun

ဘဲ • (bhai:)
* great grandfather's great grandfather, six generations removed from oneself

##### Derived terms

* ဘဲမ (bhai:ma.)

#### See also

* (kinship generations) မျိုးဆက် (myui:hcak); ဘော (bhau:), ဘဲ (bhai:), ဘင် (bhang), ဘီ (bhi), ဘေး (bhe:), ဘိုး (bhui:), ဘ (bha.), သား (sa:), မြေး (mre:), မြစ် (mrac), တီ (ti), တွတ် (twat) / မျှော့ (hmyau.), ကျွတ် (kywat), ဆက် (hcak),

### Etymology 4

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Not mentioned in MED, and apparently not in STEDT either. Related to Etymology 2 "without" somehow?”)

#### Alternative forms

* ပဲ (pai:) — rare

#### Pronunciation

* Phonetic respellings: ဗဲ, ဖဲ
* IPA: /bɛ́/, /pʰɛ́/
* Romanization: MLCTS: bhai: • ALA-LC: bhai • BGN/PCGN: bè:/hpè: • Okell: hpè/hpè

#### Particle

ဘဲ • (bhai:)
* Used after any sentence element or an entire sentence to add emphasis, indeed, really
    ဒီမှာဘဲ နေရ်ခဲ့dihmabhai: nerhkai.Stay right here!
    ခင်ဗျာ့သူငယ်ချင်းဘဲ ရေးတာလားhkangbya.su-ngaihkyang:bhai: re:tala:Was it your friend who wrote it?
    သိတာပေါ့ ကျွန်တော့် ညီတဝမ်းကွဲဘဲsi.tapau. kywantau. nyita.wam:kwai:bhai:Of course I know him, he’s my cousin!

### Further reading

* “ဘဲ” in Myanmar–English Dictionary (Myanmar Language Commission 1993). Searchable online at SEAlang.net.
* Okell, John (1969) A Reference Grammar of Colloquial Burmese, London: Oxford University Press, pages 294–97

## Mon
### Etymology

From Pali bhaya, from Sanskrit भय (bhaya).

### Noun

ဘဲ (phòa)
* calamity