စံပယ်

Burmese

စံပယ်

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Hindi चमेली (camelī).

Pronunciation

• Phonetic respelling: ဇံ'ဗယ်
• IPA^(key): /zəbɛ̀/
• Romanization: MLCTS: campai • ALA-LC: caṃpayʻ • BGN/PCGN: zăbè • Okell: săpe

Noun

စံပယ် • (campai)

1. jasmine

Derived terms

• စံပယ်တင်မှဲ့ (campaitanghmai.)
• စံပယ်ထပ် (campaihtap)

 

Etymology 2

စံ (cam, “(of royalty) to stay or live”) + a component ပယ် (pai) of uncertain interpretation and origin, whose lexicographic definitions ("unit of land measure" and "to reject") do not match the overall word very closely (though the "unit of land measure" appears feasible).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sàɴpɛ̀/
• Romanization: MLCTS: campai • ALA-LC: caṃpayʻ • BGN/PCGN: sanpè • Okell: sañpe

Verb

စံပယ် • (campai)

1. (of the Buddha or royalty) to sojourn at a place

Further reading

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