beggar
/ˈbɛɡə/
US pronunciation
American sound/ˈbɛɡə/
beggar
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
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- 1st syllable stress
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- Schwa vowel
- Ending
- Final r is pronounced in US English
beg - gar -> beggar
Myanmar meaning
(n) သူတောင်းစား။ခွေးသူတောင်းစား။ (v) ဆင်းရဲတွင်းနက်စေသည်။
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၁။ သူတောင်းစား။
၂။ (Brit infml ) (usu with an adj ) ခွေးသူတောင်းစား။ You lucky beggar! ❍ The cheeky beggar!
v ဆင်းရဲတွင်းနက်စေသည်။ a nation beggared by crippling taxes.
❏ beggar description [IDM ] ပြောမပြနိုင်အောင် အောချ လောက်သော။ a sunset which beggared description ❍ His conduct is so bad it beggars (all) description.
❏ beggarly adj
၁။ ဆင်းရဲနုံချာသော။ a beggarly existence.
၂။ မဖြစ်စလောက်။ a beggarly wage.
❏ beggars can't be choosers [IDM ] (infml saying ) လိုတာမရသည့်အခါ ရတာနှင့်တင်းတိမ်ရမည်။ I would have preferred a bed, but beggars can't be choosers so I slept on the sofa.
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Synonyms
vagabond, tramp, drifter, hobo, homeless person, alms person, asker, bankrupt, be beyond, borrower, bum, confound, deadbeat, defeat, defy, dependent, down-and-out, exceed, guttersnipe, indigent, mendicant, panhandler, pauper, poor person, poverty-stricken person, rustler, scrounger, street dweller, street person, suppliant, supplicant, supplicator, surpass, vagrant, ward of state
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