သံပရာ

Burmese

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit जम्बीर (jambīra, citron). Cognate with Manipuri ꯆꯝꯄ꯭ꯔꯥ (camp͟rā). Compare Burmese သံပရို (sampa.rui, lemon).

Pronunciation

  • Phonetic respelling: သံဗ'ရာ
  • IPA(key): /θàɴbəjà/
  • Romanization: MLCTS: sampa.ra • ALA-LC: saṃparā • BGN/PCGN: thanbăya • Okell: thañpăya

Noun

သံပရာ • (sampa.ra)

  1. lime

Derived terms

  • သံပရာခွံဦးထုပ် (sampa.rahkwam-u:htup)
  • သံပရာပိုင်း (sampa.rapuing:)

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