နက္ခတ်
Burmese
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Pali nakkhatta.
Pronunciation
- Phonetic respelling: နက်ခတ်
- IPA(key): /nɛʔkʰaʔ/
- Romanization: MLCTS: nakhkat • ALA-LC: nakkhatʻ • BGN/PCGN: nethkat • Okell: neʔhkaʔ
Noun
နက္ခတ် • (nakhkat)
- stars
- asterism, lunar mansion (of which there are twenty seven)
Derived terms
- စဉ်နက္ခတ် (canynakhkat)
- စန်းယှဉ်နက္ခတ် (can:hyanynakhkat)
- နက္ခတ်တာရာပြခန်း (nakhkattara-pra.hkan:)
- နက္ခတ်မျှော်စင် (nakhkathmyaucang)
Further reading
- “နက္ခတ်” in Myanmar–English Dictionary (Myanmar Language Commission 1993). Searchable online at SEAlang.net.