ကားဂိတ်

Burmese

Etymology

ကား (ka:, “car”) +‎ ဂိတ် (git, “stop, terminus”). The first element is borrowed from English car; the second from gate in a sense that developed within Burmese. Cognate with English car gate.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /káɡeɪʔ/
• Romanization: MLCTS: ka:git • ALA-LC: kāʺgitʻ • BGN/PCGN: ka:geik • Okell: kàgeiʔ

Noun

ကားဂိတ် • (ka:git)

1. bus station

Further reading

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