အစပ်

Burmese

Pronunciation

  • Phonetic respelling: အ'စပ်
  • IPA(key): /ʔəsaʔ/
  • Romanization: MLCTS: a.cap • ALA-LC: ʼacapʻ • BGN/PCGN: ăsat • Okell: ăsaʔ

Etymology 1

အ- (a.-, nominal prefix) +‎ စပ် (cap, spicy).

Noun

အစပ် • (a.cap)

  1. hot, peppery taste; spiciness, piquance; spicy food

Etymology 2

အ- (a.-, nominal prefix) +‎ စပ် (cap, to connect).

Noun

အစပ် • (a.cap)

  1. a place where two edges meet
  2. edge, border
  3. blend, mixture
  4. (formal) versification; composition
  5. prosody
Derived terms
  • အစပ်တည့် (a.captany.)
  • အစပ်အဖာ (a.cap-a.hpa)
  • အစေ့အစပ် (a.ce.a.cap)
  • အဆက်အစပ် (a.hcak-a.cap)
  • အနှံ့အစပ် (a.hnam.a.cap)

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