ကတ္တား

Burmese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaʔtá/
• Romanization: MLCTS: katta: • ALA-LC: kattāʺ • BGN/PCGN: katta: • Okell: kaʔtà

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Hindi कंटा (kaṇṭā, “thin stick with a piece of leather attached to one end”), which may be related to Sanskrit कांड (kāṃḍa, “joint, section”).

Noun

ကတ္တား • (katta:)

1. platform scales

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Pali kattar.

Noun

ကတ္တား • (katta:)

1. (grammar) subject

Derived terms

• ကတ္တားခြား (katta:hkra:)
• အဖြည့်ကတ္တား (a.hprany.katta:)

 

Further reading

• “ကတ္တား” in Myanmar–English Dictionary (Myanmar Language Commission 1993). Searchable online at SEAlang.net.