စင်္ကြံ

Burmese

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit चङ्क्रम (caṅkrama, “going about, walking about; a walk”).

Pronunciation

• Phonetic respelling: ဇင်းဂျန်
• IPA^(key): /zɪ́ɴd͡ʑàɴ/
• Romanization: MLCTS: cangkram • ALA-LC: caṅʻkraṃ • BGN/PCGN: zin:gyan • Okell: zìñjañ

Noun

စင်္ကြံ • (cangkram)

1. walk; path
2. corridor; passage; cloister
3. platform; pavement

Derived terms

• စင်္ကြံလျှောက် (cangkramhlyauk)

 

Further reading

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