ကတ္တား

Burmese

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kaʔtá/
  • Romanization: MLCTS: katta: • ALA-LC: kattāʺ • BGN/PCGN: katta: • Okell: kaʔtà

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Hindi कंटा (kaṇṭā, thin stick with a piece of leather attached to one end), which may be related to Sanskrit कांड (kāṃḍa, joint, section).

Noun

ကတ္တား • (katta:)

  1. platform scales

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Pali kattar.

Noun

ကတ္တား • (katta:)

  1. (grammar) subject
Derived terms
  • ကတ္တားခြား (katta:hkra:)
  • အဖြည့်ကတ္တား (a.hprany.katta:)

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