သကာ

Burmese

Etymology

From Sanskrit शर्करा (śarkarā). Doublet of သကြား (sa.kra:).

Pronunciation

• Phonetic respelling: +သ'ဂါ
• IPA^(key): /ðəɡà/
• Romanization: MLCTS: sa.ka • ALA-LC: sakā • BGN/PCGN: dhăga • Okell: thăka

Noun

သကာ • (sa.ka)

1. molasses or liquified sugar

Derived terms

• ကြံသကာ (kramsa.ka)
• ပူဇော်သကာ (pujausa.ka)

 

References

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