freococo/myanmar-english-pali-dictionary

Myanmar–English–Pali Dictionary

Dataset Summary

This dataset is a digitized Myanmar–English–Pali dictionary based on the original lexicographical work compiled by ဦးဟုတ်စိန် (U Hote Sein).

It contains over 71,000 lexical entries, covering more than 1,000 pages of the original dictionary.

The dataset is intended for research and educational purposes, including but not limited to:

• Natural Language Processing (NLP)
• Machine Translation (MT)
• Lexicography
• Digital humanities
• Buddhist and Pali studies
• Myanmar language research

No claim of original authorship is made for the dictionary content.

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Source and Attribution

• Original compiler: ဦးဟုတ်စိန် (U Hote Sein)
• Digitized source repository:
  https://github.com/pndaza/mep_dictionary

This Hugging Face dataset was created by freococo by reformatting and normalizing the digitized data from the above public repository into a clean, machine-readable JSONL format.

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Dataset Structure

The dataset is provided as a single JSON Lines (.jsonl) file: myanmar_english_pali_dict.jsonl .

Each line represents one dictionary entry.

Example Entry

{
  "word_id": 71427,
  "myanmar_word": "အိုးသေတ္တာ",
  "english_meaning": "a commode",
  "pali_meaning": "သောဝါသန (ဂေါဝါသန)"
}

Fields Description

Field Name	Description
word_id	Unique integer identifier for the dictionary entry
myanmar_word	Headword in Myanmar (Burmese)
english_meaning	English definition or gloss
pali_meaning	Pali equivalent or explanation

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Size and Coverage

• Total entries: 71,427
• Languages: Myanmar (Burmese), English, Pali
• Format: JSONL (one entry per line)

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License and Usage

License: other

This dataset is shared for research and educational purposes only.

• The original dictionary is a legacy reference work.
• The digitized content was obtained from a publicly available repository.
• Users are responsible for ensuring appropriate use in accordance with local laws and fair-use principles.
• Commercial use may require additional permission from rights holders, if applicable.

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Intended Use

This dataset is suitable for:

• Building multilingual dictionaries
• Training or evaluating Myanmar–English–Pali translation models
• Lexical alignment and word sense studies
• OCR correction and language normalization
• Academic research in linguistics and Buddhist studies

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Acknowledgements

Special thanks to:

• ဦးဟုတ်စိန်, for compiling the original dictionary
• The maintainers of the pndaza/mep_dictionary repository for making the digitized material publicly available