ကန့်

Burmese

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ka̰ɴ/
  • Romanization: MLCTS: kan. • ALA-LC: kanʻʹ • BGN/PCGN: kan. • Okell: káñ

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Sanskrit गन्धक (gandhaka).

Noun

ကန့် • (kan.)

  1. sulfur
    Synonym: ဆာလဖာ (hcala.hpa)
Derived terms
Descendants
  • → Shan: ၵၢၼ်ႉ (kâ̰an)

Etymology 2

Verb

ကန့် • (kan.)

  1. to block, limit
  2. to form into compartments, divide into sections
  3. to bolt
  4. to lever, prise
Derived terms
  • ကန့်ကွက် (kan.kwak)
  • ကန့်ထောက် (kan.htauk)
  • ကန့်လန့်ကျင် (kan.lan.kyang)
  • ကန့်လန့်ချ (kan.lan.hkya.)
  • ကန့်သတ် (kan.sat)
  • ကန့်သတ်စစ်ပွဲ (kan.satcacpwai:)
  • ပါးကန့် (pa:kan.)
  • ရေပက်ကန့် (repakkan.)
  • လောက်လေးကန့် (laukle:kan.)
  • အကန့် (a.kan.)

Further reading

  • “ကန့်” in Myanmar–English Dictionary (Myanmar Language Commission 1993). Searchable online at SEAlang.net.
  • “ကန့်” in The Judson Burmese–English Dictionary (Rangoon: American Baptist Mission Press 1921), page 171.
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