ခဲတံ
Burmese
Etymology
ခဲ (hkai:, “lead (metal)”) + တံ (tam, “rod”)
Pronunciation
- Phonetic respelling: ခဲဒံ
- IPA(key): /kʰɛ́dàɴ/
- Romanization: MLCTS: hkai:tam • ALA-LC: khaitaṃ • BGN/PCGN: hkè:dan • Okell: hkètañ
Noun
ခဲတံ • (hkai:tam) (classifier ချောင်း)
- pencil (graphite writing instrument)
References
- “ခဲတံ” in Myanmar–English Dictionary (Myanmar Language Commission 1993). Searchable online at SEAlang.net.