ပါမောက္ခ

Burmese

Etymology

Borrowed from Pali pāmokkha (“foremost”).

Pronunciation

• Phonetic respelling: ပါမောက်ခ
• IPA^(key): /pàmaʊʔkʰa̰/
• Romanization: MLCTS: pamaukhka. • ALA-LC: pāmokkha • BGN/PCGN: pamaukhka. • Okell: pamauʔhká

Noun

ပါမောက္ခ • (pamaukhka.)

1. professor
2. chief, head

Derived terms

• ပါမောက္ခချုပ် (pamaukhka.hkyup)

 

Further reading

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