သံတော်ဆင့်

Burmese

Etymology

သံ (sam, “voice”) +‎ တော် (tau, “royal”) +‎ ဆင့် (hcang., “to summon”)

Pronunciation

• Phonetic respelling: သံဒေါ်ဇင့်
• IPA^(key): /θàɴdɔ̀zɪ̰ɴ/
• Romanization: MLCTS: samtauhcang. • ALA-LC: saṃtoʻchaṅʻʹ • BGN/PCGN: thandawzin. • Okell: thañtohsíñ

Noun

သံတော်ဆင့် • (samtauhcang.)

1. (historical) herald, officer of the court who received and transmitted the king's orders

Further reading

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