လေယာဉ်

Burmese

Etymology

လေ (le, “air”) +‎ ယာဉ် (yany, “vehicle”).

Pronunciation

• Phonetic respelling: လေယင်
• IPA^(key): /lèjɪ̀ɴ/
• Romanization: MLCTS: leyany • ALA-LC: leyāñʻ • BGN/PCGN: leyin • Okell: leiyiñ

Noun

လေယာဉ် • (leyany)

1. aircraft

Derived terms

• လေယာဉ်ပျံ (leyanypyam, “airplane”)
• လေယာဉ်မယ် (leyanymai, “female flight attendant, airline stewardess”)
• လေယာဉ်မောင် (leyanymaung, “male flight attendant, airline steward”)

 

Further reading

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