သင်္ကေတ

Burmese

Etymology

Borrowed from Pali saṅketa (“intimation, agreement, appointed place, hint, signal”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /θɪ̀ɴkèta̰/
• Romanization: MLCTS: sangketa. • ALA-LC: saṅʻketa • BGN/PCGN: thinketa. • Okell: thiñkeitá

Noun

သင်္ကေတ • (sangketa.)

1. sign, symbol, mark, notation

Derived terms

• ဂီတသင်္ကေတ (gita.sangketa.)
• လောကသင်္ကေတ (lau:ka.sangketa.)
• အမှတ်သင်္ကေတ (a.hmatsangketa.)

 

Further reading

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