ကတ်ကြေး

Burmese

Etymology

Said to be from Pali kattarikā; more likely from Hindi क़ैंची (qa͠icī).

Pronunciation

Phonetic respelling: ကတ်ကျီး

IPA^(key): /kaʔt͡ɕí/

Romanization: MLCTS: katkre: • ALA-LC: katʻkreʺ • BGN/PCGN: katkyi: • Okell: kaʔcì

Noun

ကတ်ကြေး • (katkre:) (classifier လက်)

scissors

References

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

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