ဒံပေါက်

Burmese

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian دم‌پخت (dam-puxt, literally steam-cooked), from دم (dam, steam) + پخت (puxt, cooked).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dàɴpaʊʔ/
  • Romanization: MLCTS: dampauk • ALA-LC: daṃpokʻ • BGN/PCGN: danpauk • Okell: dañpauʔ

Noun

ဒံပေါက် • (dampauk) (classifier ပွဲ)

  1. biryani
  2. pilaf, pulao

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