နဂါးငွေ့တန်း

Burmese

The Milky Way appears like a smoke column stretched across the sky

Etymology

From နဂါး (na.ga:, “dragon; naga”) +‎ ငွေ့ (ngwe., “smoke; fume”) +‎ တန်း (tan:, “column”).

Pronunciation

• Phonetic respelling: နဂါးငွေ့တန်း
• IPA^(key): /na̰ɡáŋwḛtáɴ/
• Romanization: MLCTS: na.ga:ngwe.tan: • ALA-LC: nagāʺṅveʹtanʻʺ • BGN/PCGN: na.ga:ngwe.tan: • Okell: nágàngweítàñ

Noun

နဂါးငွေ့တန်း • (na.ga:ngwe.tan:)

1. the Milky Way Galaxy.

References

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