ခဲတံ

Burmese

ခဲတံ (hkai:tam)

Etymology

ခဲ (hkai:, “lead (metal)”) +‎ တံ (tam, “rod”).

Pronunciation

• Phonetic respelling: ခဲဒံ
• IPA^(key): /kʰɛ́dàɴ/
• Romanization: MLCTS: hkai:tam • ALA-LC: khaitaṃ • BGN/PCGN: hkè:dan • Okell: hkètañ

Noun

ခဲတံ • (hkai:tam) (classifier ချောင်း)

1. (lead) pencil (graphite writing instrument)

Further reading

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