pongyin.

Brit.

/ˈpɒŋjiː/,

/ˈpʌndʒi/, U.S.

/ˈpɑŋˌji/,

/ˈpəndʒi/

Forms: 1700s pongui, 1800s phongee, 1800s phonghi, 1800s phoongee, 1800s phoongye, 1800s phoongyee, 1800s phungyi, 1800s poongee, 1800s poonghee, 1800s poonghie, 1800s poongy, 1800s poongyee.

Origin: A borrowing from Burmese. Etymon: Burmese bhun″ krī″.

Etymology: < Burmese bhun″ krī″ (pronounced [p^hóundʒí]) monk < bhun″ glory + krī″ big.In form pongui in quot. 1788 after French †pongui (1782 in the passage translated). N.E.D. (1907), which enters this under Poonghie, phoongyee, phungyi, gives the pronunciation as (pō·ŋg^yī, pɒ·ndʒi) /ˈpoːŋɡjiː/, /ˈpʌndʒi/.

In Burma (Myanmar): a Buddhist priest or monk.

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pongyi1788

1788 F. Magnus tr. P. Sonnerat Voy. III. 17 Their Priests..are called Ponguis [Fr. portent le nom de Ponguis], and are less informed than the Bramins.

1850 Jrnl. Indian Archipel. & Eastern Asia 4 222 The Talapoins are called by the Burmese Phonghis, which term means ‘great glory’.

1899 F. T. Bullen Log of Sea-waif 302 Yellow-garbed, close-shaven Phoongyees were squatting all over the pavement.

1929 F. T. Jesse Lacquer Lady i. v. 36 The King had allowed it [sc. the house] to be built with a triple roof, a thing usually only permitted to Princes and poongyis.

1930 Aberdeen Press & Jrnl. 29 May 7/5 Last night a pongyi (Burmese priest) attempted to stab a military policeman.

1951 ‘N. Shute’ Round Bend 122 He has been a Buddhist monk, a pongyi we call them, for over thirty years.

1966 D. Forbes Heart of Malaya xi. 129 Miss Khan..took me across the lane to the Burmese wat and kowtowed to the pongyi in the temple hall.

1991 Traveller Spring 42/1 About two per cent of the population..become pongyis, donning the yellow and red robes of the Buddhist monk.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	pongyi
释义	pongyin. Brit. /ˈpɒŋjiː/, /ˈpʌndʒi/, U.S. /ˈpɑŋˌji/, /ˈpəndʒi/ Forms: 1700s pongui, 1800s phongee, 1800s phonghi, 1800s phoongee, 1800s phoongye, 1800s phoongyee, 1800s phungyi, 1800s poongee, 1800s poonghee, 1800s poonghie, 1800s poongy, 1800s poongyee. Origin: A borrowing from Burmese. Etymon: Burmese bhun″ krī″. Etymology: < Burmese bhun″ krī″ (pronounced [p^hóundʒí]) monk < bhun″ glory + krī″ big.In form pongui in quot. 1788 after French †pongui (1782 in the passage translated). N.E.D. (1907), which enters this under Poonghie, phoongyee, phungyi, gives the pronunciation as (pō·ŋg^yī, pɒ·ndʒi) /ˈpoːŋɡjiː/, /ˈpʌndʒi/. In Burma (Myanmar): a Buddhist priest or monk. ΘΚΠ society > faith > church government > monasticism > monk > [noun] > Buddhist talapoin1586 pongyi1788 1788 F. Magnus tr. P. Sonnerat Voy. III. 17 Their Priests..are called Ponguis [Fr. portent le nom de Ponguis], and are less informed than the Bramins. 1850 Jrnl. Indian Archipel. & Eastern Asia 4 222 The Talapoins are called by the Burmese Phonghis, which term means ‘great glory’. 1899 F. T. Bullen Log of Sea-waif 302 Yellow-garbed, close-shaven Phoongyees were squatting all over the pavement. 1929 F. T. Jesse Lacquer Lady i. v. 36 The King had allowed it [sc. the house] to be built with a triple roof, a thing usually only permitted to Princes and poongyis. 1930 Aberdeen Press & Jrnl. 29 May 7/5 Last night a pongyi (Burmese priest) attempted to stab a military policeman. 1951 ‘N. Shute’ Round Bend 122 He has been a Buddhist monk, a pongyi we call them, for over thirty years. 1966 D. Forbes Heart of Malaya xi. 129 Miss Khan..took me across the lane to the Burmese wat and kowtowed to the pongyi in the temple hall. 1991 Traveller Spring 42/1 About two per cent of the population..become pongyis, donning the yellow and red robes of the Buddhist monk. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1788
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