ကတ်ကြေး
Appearance
Burmese
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Said to be from Pali kattarikā, but more likely from Hindi क़ैंची (qa͠icī, “scissors”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- Phonetic respelling: ကတ်ကျီး
- IPA(key): /kaʔt͡ɕí/
- Romanization: MLCTS: katkre: • ALA-LC: katʻkreʺ • BGN/PCGN: katkyi: • Okell: kaʔcì
Noun
[edit]ကတ်ကြေး • (katkre:) (classifier လက်)
Derived terms
[edit]- ကတ်ကြေးကိုက် (katkre:kuik)
- စက်ကတ်ကြေး (cakkatkre:)
- ဆေးကတ်ကြေး (hce:katkre:)
Descendants
[edit]- → Mon: ကတ်ကြဲာ
Further reading
[edit]- “ကတ်ကြေး” in Myanmar–English Dictionary (Myanmar Language Commission 1993). Searchable online at SEAlang.net.