ကန္တာရ

Burmese

Etymology

Borrowed from Pali kantāra (“difficult to pass; difficult road; wilderness”).

Pronunciation

• Phonetic respellings: ကနတာရ, +ဂန်ဒါယ
• IPA^(key): /kàɴtàja̰/, /ɡàɴdàja̰/
• Romanization: MLCTS: kantara. • ALA-LC: kantāra • BGN/PCGN: kantaya./gandaya. • Okell: kañtayá/gañdayá

Noun

ကန္တာရ • (kantara.) (classifier ခု)

1. difficult journey
2. desert

References

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