အငတ်

Burmese

Etymology

အ- (a.-, “nominal prefix”) +‎ ငတ် (ngat, “to be hungry”).

Pronunciation

  • Phonetic respelling: အ'ငတ်
  • IPA(key): /ʔəŋaʔ/
  • Romanization: MLCTS: a.ngat • ALA-LC: ʼaṅatʻ • BGN/PCGN: ăngat • Okell: ăngaʔ

Noun

အငတ် • (a.ngat)

  1. hunger (for food)
  2. thirst (for a drink)
  3. longing, craving
  4. starving person, ravenous person
  5. (figuratively) glutton

Derived terms

  • အငတ်ခံ (a.ngathkam)
  • အငတ်ထား (a.ngathta:)
  • အငတ်ဘေး (a.ngatbhe:)

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