တောင်ပံ

Burmese

Etymology

From တောင် (taung, “wing”) + an element of unclear interpretation and origin ပံ (pam).

Pronunciation

• Phonetic respelling: တောင်ဗံ
• IPA^(key): /tàʊɴbàɴ/
• Romanization: MLCTS: taungpam • ALA-LC: toṅʻpaṃ • BGN/PCGN: taungban • Okell: tauñpañ

Noun

တောင်ပံ • (taungpam)

1. wing (of a flying animal, like a bird; of an airplane)
2. flank

Derived terms

• အတောင်ပံ (a.taungpam)

Further reading

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