တယ်လီဖုန်း

Burmese

တယ်လီဖုန်း

Etymology

Borrowed from English telephone, from French téléphone, from Ancient Greek τῆλε (têle, “afar”) + φωνή (phōnḗ, “voice, sound”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɛ̀lìpʰóʊɴ/
• Romanization: MLCTS: tailihpun: • ALA-LC: tayʻlīphunʻʺ • BGN/PCGN: tèlihpon: • Okell: telihpoùñ

Noun

တယ်လီဖုန်း • (tailihpun:)

1. telephone

References

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