တံခွန်

Burmese

Etymology

တံ (tam, rod) +‎ ခွန် (hkwan, long-handled ax).

Pronunciation

  • Phonetic respelling: ဒံ'ဂွန်
  • IPA(key): /dəɡʊ̀ɴ/
  • Romanization: MLCTS: tamhkwan • ALA-LC: taṃkhvanʻ • BGN/PCGN: dăgun • Okell: tăhk

Noun

တံခွန် • (tamhkwan)

  1. pennant, penon
  2. Burmese diacritic -်, a pennant-like ligature placed on top of the final consonant to delete the vowel sound (a.)
    Synonym: အသတ် (a.sat)

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