ဟင်္သာ

Burmese

Etymology

Borrowed from Pali haṃsa.

Pronunciation

• Phonetic respelling: ဟင်းသာ
• IPA^(key): /hɪ́ɴθà/
• Romanization: MLCTS: hangsa • ALA-LC: haṅʻsā • BGN/PCGN: hin:tha • Okell: hìñtha

Noun

ဟင်္သာ • (hangsa) (classifier ကောင်)

1. Brahminy duck; ruddy shelduck
2. swan
3. (mythology) hamsa

Derived terms

• ဟင်္သာတာရာ (hangsatara)
• ဟင်္သာလေး (hangsale:)

 

Descendants

• → Shan: ႁင်းသႃႇ (háng sàa)

Further reading

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