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(historical) deputy commissioner, the title of a high-ranking colonial official in British Burma during British rule, superseded by ခရိုင်ဝန် (hka.ruing-wan) in 1948
အရေးပိုင်
လူကြီးမင်းများခင်ဗျား
first language, primary language / epithet for Pali, the liturgical language of Theravada Buddhism
မူလဘာသာ
(royal, honorific, historical) a Burmese royal title
ကျော်စွာ
(historical, honorific, royal, of a king) respectful form of address used for a king
အရှင်မင်းကြီး
(women's speech) you (term commonly used by a woman when addressing another woman of same age or one younger; a familiar term of address among Myanmar women)
ညဲ
one of six major foundational posts in a Burmese home or building, parallel to the ဥရူတိုင် (u.rutuing)
ကြငှန်းတိုင်
(royal, honorific, historical) a Burmese royal title
စုက္ကတေး
of respectable parentage, coming from a good family
မိကောင်းဖခင်
not knowing is worse than not having (ignorance is worse than material poverty)
မရှိတာထက် မသိတာခက်