ကမ္ဘာ

Burmese

Etymology

Borrowed from Pali kappa. Doublet of ကပ် (kap). Despite similar phonetics, apparently not borrowed from Sanskrit कुम्भ (kumbhá, pot), though the pronunciation may have been influenced by it.

Pronunciation

  • Phonetic respelling: ဂမ်'ဘာ
  • IPA(key): /ɡəbà/
  • Romanization: MLCTS: kambha • ALA-LC: kambhā • BGN/PCGN: găba • Okell: kăba

Noun

ကမ္ဘာ • (kambha)

  1. world
  2. (astronomy) (~ဂြိုဟ်) Earth
  3. eon; eternity

Proper noun

ကမ္ဘာ • (kambha)

  1. (~ဂြိုဟ်) the Earth.
    ကမ္ဘာဂြိုဟ်kambhagruihEarth (planet)

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