တံဆိပ်

Burmese

Etymology

According to MED, from တံ (tam, “accumulation; elephant with single tusk”) +‎ ဆိပ် (hcip, “port, terminal”), though this appears semantically difficult. It seems more likely that the first syllable is rather invoking the "rod" sense (as "branding" was traditionally done with hot rods).

Pronunciation

  • Phonetic respelling: ဒံ'ဇိပ်
  • IPA(key): /dəzeɪʔ/
  • Romanization: MLCTS: tamhcip • ALA-LC: taṃchipʻ • BGN/PCGN: dăzeik • Okell: tăhseiʔ

Noun

တံဆိပ် • (tamhcip)

  1. seal, stamp, medal, emblem, trademark, badge

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → Mon: တဆိပ်
  • → Jingpho: dăzik

Further reading

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