ကြောက်

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s/d-krwak (“fear; frighten”). Cognate with Nuosu ꐬ (jjur) (as in ꐬꆠ (jjur hla, “to fear”)), Tibetan སྐྲག་པ་ (skrag pa, “to be afraid”) and Drung vkraq (“to be surprised, to be frightened”), as well as Old Chinese 嚇 (OC *qʰraːɡs, *qʰraːɡ, “to frighten”) (STEDT).

• IPA^(key): /t͡ɕaʊʔ/
• Romanization: MLCTS: krauk • ALA-LC: krokʻ • BGN/PCGN: kyauk • Okell: cauʔ
• Homophone: ကျောက် (kyauk)

ကြောက် • (krauk)

1. to fear, dread, be afraid (of)
2. to be frightened, be scared

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