သူရကန်

Burmese

Etymology

Borrowed from Pali suriyakanta?

Pronunciation

• Phonetic respelling: သူ*ရ'ကန်
• IPA^(key): /θùɹəkàɴ/
• Romanization: MLCTS: sura.kan • ALA-LC: sūrakanʻ • BGN/PCGN: thurăkan • Okell: thurăkañ

Noun

သူရကန် • (sura.kan)

1. the sun
2. magnifying glass (from its capacity to start a fire by concentrating the sun rays)

References

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