အစောင့်

Burmese

Etymology

အ- (a.-, “nominal prefix”) +‎ စောင့် (caung., “to watch over”).

Pronunciation

  • Phonetic respelling: အ'စောင့်
  • IPA(key): /ʔəsa̰ʊɴ/
  • Romanization: MLCTS: a.caung. • ALA-LC: ʼacoṅʻʹ • BGN/PCGN: ăsaung. • Okell: ăsaúñ

Noun

အစောင့် • (a.caung.)

  1. watchman, guard, warder, keeper
  2. guardian spirit

Derived terms

  • အစောင့်အကြပ် (a.caung.a.krap)
  • အစောင့်အနေ (a.caung.a.ne)
  • အစောင့်အရှောက် (a.caung.a.hrauk)

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