မလိုင်

Burmese

Etymology

Borrowed from Hindi मलाई (malāī).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ma̰làɪɴ/
• Romanization: MLCTS: ma.luing • ALA-LC: maluiṅʻ • BGN/PCGN: ma.laing • Okell: málaiñ

Noun

မလိုင် • (ma.luing)

1. cream (dairy product)

Derived terms

• မလိုင်လုံး (ma.luinglum:)

 

Descendants

• → Mon: မလာၚ်
• → Shan: မလႅင်ႇ (mǎ lèng)

References

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