ဂီတာ

Burmese

Etymology

Borrowed from English guitar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡìtà/
• Romanization: MLCTS: gita • ALA-LC: gītā • BGN/PCGN: gita • Okell: gita

Noun

ဂီတာ • (gita)

1. (music) guitar

Further reading

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

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• gītā (Latin script)
• 𑀕𑀻𑀢𑀸 (Brahmi script)
• गीता (Devanagari script)
• গীতা (Bengali script)
• ගීතා (Sinhalese script)
• ဂဳတာ or ၷီတႃ (Burmese script)
• คีตา (Thai script)
• ᨣᩦᨲᩣ (Tai Tham script)
• ຄີຕາ (Lao script)
• គីតា (Khmer script)
• 𑄉𑄩𑄖𑄂 (Chakma script)

Noun

ဂီတာ (gītā)

1. Burmese script form of gītā, which is ablative singular of ဂီတ (gīta, “song”)