ကထိက

Burmese

Etymology

Borrowed from Pali kathika (“speaker, preacher”), from Sanskrit कथिक (kathika, “narrator, storyteller”).

Pronunciation

• Phonetic respelling: က'ထိက
• IPA^(key): /kətʰḭka̰/
• Romanization: MLCTS: ka.hti.ka. • ALA-LC: kathika • BGN/PCGN: kăhti.ka. • Okell: kăhtíká

Noun

ကထိက • (ka.hti.ka.)

1. lecturer (of an educational institution)

Derived terms

• ဓမ္မကထိက (dhamma.ka.hti.ka.)

 

Further reading

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