မလိုင်

Burmese

Etymology

Borrowed from Hindi मलाई (malāī).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ma̰làɪɴ/
  • Romanization: MLCTS: ma.luing • ALA-LC: maluiṅʻ • BGN/PCGN: ma.laing • Okell: málaiñ

Noun

မလိုင် • (ma.luing)

  1. cream (dairy product)
  2. (same as ကလိုင် (ka.luing)) molten tin for tin plating articles

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → Mon: မလာၚ်
  • → Shan: မလႅင်ႇ (mǎ lèng)

Further reading

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