ဘလောက်

Burmese

Pronunciation

• Phonetic respelling: ဘလောက်
• IPA^(key): /ba̰laʊʔ/
• Romanization: MLCTS: bha.lauk • ALA-LC: bhalokʻ • BGN/PCGN: ba.lauk • Okell: bálauʔ

Etymology 1

Borrowed from English block.

Noun

ဘလောက် • (bha.lauk) (classifier တုံး)

1. block (of printing)
2. block (of houses in town, city)

Derived terms

• လိုင်းဘလောက် (luing:bha.lauk)

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English blouse.

Noun

ဘလောက် • (bha.lauk) (classifier ထည်)

1. blouse

Further reading

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