ဒကာမ

Burmese

Etymology

ဒကာ (da.ka) +‎ -မ (-ma.), the former element from Pali dāyaka.

Pronunciation

• Phonetic respelling: ဒ'ဂါမ
• IPA^(key): /dəɡàma̰/
• Romanization: MLCTS: da.kama. • ALA-LC: dakāma • BGN/PCGN: dăgama. • Okell: dăkamá

Noun

ဒကာမ • (da.kama.)

1. female donor
2. (honorific) term of address used by monks to female laypersons

Synonyms

• ဒါယိကာ (dayi.ka)

Coordinate terms

• ဒကာ (da.ka)

Further reading

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