မုခ်

Burmese

Etymology

Borrowed from Pali mukha.

Pronunciation

  • Phonetic respelling: မုတ်
  • IPA(key): /moʊʔ/
  • Romanization: MLCTS: muhk • ALA-LC: mukhʻ • BGN/PCGN: mok • Okell: mouʔ

Noun

မုခ် • (muhk)

  1. (Buddhism, architecture) gateway to a Burmese pagoda
  2. (architecture) decorated pathway

Derived terms

  • မုခ်ခုံး (muhkhkum:)
  • မုခ်ဝ (muhk-wa.)
  • မုခ်ဦး (muhk-u:)
  • အုန်းဧကမုခ် (un:eka.muhk)
  • ဧကမုခ်အုန်း (eka.muhk-un:)

Descendants

  • → Shan: မုၵ်ႈ (mūk)

Further reading

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