တက္ကသိုလ်

Burmese

Etymology

Borrowed from Pali Takkasilā, in reference to the historical center of learning at Taxila, located in modern-day Pakistan. Doublet of တက္ကသီလာ (takka.sila, “Taxila”).

Pronunciation

  • Phonetic respelling: တက်က'သို
  • IPA(key): /tɛʔkəθò/
  • Romanization: MLCTS: takka.suil • ALA-LC: takkasuilʻ • BGN/PCGN: tetkătho • Okell: teʔkăthou

Noun

တက္ကသိုလ် • (takka.suil)

  1. university; institute of higher learning
  2. (historical) In colonial times, a title for writers, artists, and photographers who had studied university. The title was used in front of their pen names.

Derived terms

  • စစ်တက္ကသိုလ် (cactakka.suil)

Descendants

  • Pa'o Karen: တက္ကသိုလ်ႏ
  • → Shan: တၵ်ႈၵသူဝ်ႇ (tāk kǎ sò) / တၵ်ႉၵသူဝ်ႇ (tâ̰k kǎ sò)

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