ဇက်

Ultimately from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *hljak (“iron, iron instrument”).

MED and STEDT do not list the "horse bit" sense as a primary sense, and instead list "nape of the neck" as a sense, which STEDT tentatively derives from a Proto-Tibeto-Burman *tsjak (“nape of neck”) (whence perhaps Yakkha [script needed] (guːʔ cuk, “nape of neck”)). It is unclear whether this is a legitimate sense for the term, as all compound words listed below are better interpreted as invoking the "horse bit" sense than the "nape" sense.

• IPA^(key): /zɛʔ/
• Romanization: MLCTS: jak • ALA-LC: jakʻ • BGN/PCGN: zet • Okell: zeʔ

ဇက် • (jak)

1. bit (for a horse)

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