သာလိကာ

Burmese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Pali sālikā. Doublet of သာရကာ (sara.ka).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /θàlḭkà/
• Romanization: MLCTS: sali.ka • ALA-LC: sālikā • BGN/PCGN: thali.ka • Okell: thalíka

Noun

သာလိကာ • (sali.ka)

1. common hill myna (Gracula religiosa)
2. (figurative) talkative child
3. general term for birds

Synonyms

• သာရကာ (sara.ka)

References

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