Dictionary entry

Paternal

Pronunciation: /pəˈtəːn(ə)l/

Pronunciation

/pəˈtəːn(ə)l/

Myanmar Meaning

(adj) ဖခင်၏။ ဖခင်အသွင်။

Definition

paternal /pǝ'tɜ:nl/ adj ၁။ ဖခင္၏။ ဖခင္အသြင္။ paternal affection/authority ❍ have a paternal concern for sb's welfare (ie like that of a father for his child). ၂။ ဖခင္ ဘက္မွ။ အေဖ့ဘက္က။ her paternal grandmother (ie her father's mother). Compare MATERNAL paternally / -nǝli/ adv

Examples

  1. paternal /pǝ'tɜ:nl/ adj ၁။ ဖခင္၏။ ဖခင္အသြင္။ paternal affection/authority
  2. have a paternal concern for sb's welfare (ie like that of a father for his child). ၂။ ဖခင္ ဘက္မွ။ အေဖ့ဘက္က။ her paternal grandmother (ie her father's mother). Compare MATERNAL paternally / -nǝli/ adv