ဂျုံ

See also: ဂ and ဂီၤ

Burmese

ဂျုံ

Etymology

Borrowed from Hindi गेहूँ (gehū̃, “wheat”) or Bengali গম (gom, “wheat”); both ultimately from Sanskrit गोधूम (godhūma, “idem”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d͡ʑòʊɴ/
• Romanization: MLCTS: gyum • ALA-LC: gyuṃ • BGN/PCGN: gyon • Okell: jouñ

Noun

ဂျုံ • (gyum)

1. wheat

Derived terms

• ဂျုံစက် (gyumcak)
• ဂျုံမှုန့် (gyumhmun.)
• မြင်းစားဂျုံ (mrang:ca:gyum)

 

Descendants

• → Shan: ၵျုင်ႇ (kjùng)

Further reading

• “ဂျုံ” in The Judson Burmese–English Dictionary (Rangoon: American Baptist Mission Press 1921), page 319.
• “ဂျုံ” in Myanmar–English Dictionary (Myanmar Language Commission 1993). Searchable online at SEAlang.net.