အလှည့်

Burmese

Etymology

အ- (a.-, “nominal prefix”) +‎ လှည့် (hlany., “to turn”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʔa̰l̥ḭ/
  • Romanization: MLCTS: a.hlany. • ALA-LC: ʼalhaññʻʹ • BGN/PCGN: a.hli. • Okell: áhlí

Noun

အလှည့် • (a.hlany.)

  1. (one's) turn
  2. trick, deception
  3. unexpected turn of events, surprise ending (of fiction)
  4. (music) vocal trill

Derived terms

  • အတုံ့အလှည့် (a.tum.a.hlany.)
  • အလှည့်ကျ (a.hlany.kya.)
  • အလှည့်ပေး (a.hlany.pe:)
  • အလှည့်သင့် (a.hlany.sang.)
  • အလှည့်အပတ် (a.hlany.a.pat)

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