သခင်
Burmese
Etymology
Inherited from Old Burmese သိခဝ် (sikaw).
Pronunciation
- Phonetic respelling: သ'ခင်
- IPA(key): /θəkʰɪ̀ɴ/
- Romanization: MLCTS: sa.hkang • ALA-LC: sakhaṅʻ • BGN/PCGN: thăhkin • Okell: thăhkiñ
Noun
သခင် • (sa.hkang)
- master, lord
- appellation or title used by a male member of the Dobama Asiayone
Derived terms
- သခင်မ (sa.hkangma.)
- အရှင်သခင် (a.hrangsa.hkang)
- အသက်သခင် (a.saksa.hkang)
Further reading
- “သခင်” in Myanmar–English Dictionary (Myanmar Language Commission 1993). Searchable online at SEAlang.net.