တၟံဂစး

Mon

Alternative forms

Etymology

တၟံ (tmaʼ, “stone”) +‎ ဂစး (gacaḥ, “sourness”), thus literally “stone of sourness” (cf. Burmese ကျောက်ချဉ် (kyaukhkyany)).

Pronunciation

Noun

တၟံဂစး (tmaʼ gacaḥ)

  1. alum[1]

References

  1. ^ อนุสรณ์ สถานนท์, ร้อยตรี [Anusorn Sathanon, Sub-Lt.] (1984) “တၟံဂစး”, in พจนานุกรม มอญ-ไทย [Mon-Thai Dictionary], page 76; Thai translation of Halliday, R. (1922) A Mon-English Dictionary, Bangkok: Siam Society (2nd ed.: Rangoon: Mon Cultural Section, Ministry of Union Culture, Govt. of the Union of Burma, 1955).
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