ကေသာ

Burmese

Etymology

Borrowed from Pali kesa. Doublet of ကေ (ke) and ကေသ (kesa.).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kèθà/
• Romanization: MLCTS: kesa • ALA-LC: kesā • BGN/PCGN: ketha • Okell: keitha

Noun

ကေသာ • (kesa)

1. (poetic) hair

Synonyms

• ဆံ (hcam)
• ဆံပင် (hcampang)

Derived terms

• ဆံကေသာ (hcamkesa)

 

Further reading

• “ကေသာ” in Myanmar–English Dictionary (Myanmar Language Commission 1993). Searchable online at SEAlang.net.