ထောင်မှူး

Burmese

noun
Definitions
  • jailer
  • (historical) A commander of a thousand troops garrisoned at each of the four cardinal points of the royal palace.

Etymology

Compound from Burmese ထောင် (prison, jail, thousand, establish, stand, set up) + Burmese မှူး (deputy).

Origin

Burmese

မှူး

Gloss

deputy

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