ဒကာ

Burmese

Alternative forms

• တကာ (ta.ka) (obsolete)

Etymology

Shortening of ဒါယကာ (daya.ka).

Pronunciation

• Phonetic respelling: ဒ'ဂါ
• IPA^(key): /dəɡà/
• Romanization: MLCTS: da.ka • ALA-LC: dakā • BGN/PCGN: dăga • Okell: dăka

Noun

ဒကာ • (da.ka)

1. (honorific) term of address used by monks to laymen
2. donor (male)

Synonyms

• ဒါယကာ (daya.ka)

Coordinate terms

• ဒကာမ (da.kama.)

Derived terms

• ဒကာခံ (da.kahkam)
• ဒကာမ (da.kama.)
• ရဟန်းဒကာ (ra.han:da.ka)

 

Descendants

• → Shan: တၵႃႇ (tǎ kàa)

Further reading

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

Mon

Etymology

From Burmese ဒကာ (da.ka).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /həka/

Noun

ဒကာ (transliteration needed)

1. (honorific) term of address used by monks to laymen

References

• Shorto, H.L. (1962) A Dictionary of Modern Spoken Mon‎^[1], London: Oxford University Press. Searchable online at SEAlang.net.