ဒင်္ဂါး

Burmese

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit टङ्क (ṭaṅka); compare Sanskrit टङ्कक (ṭaṅkaka, “a stamped coin, especially of silver”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /dɪ̀ɴɡá/

Romanization: MLCTS: dangga: • ALA-LC: daṅʻgāʺ • BGN/PCGN: din-ga: • Okell: diñgà

Noun

ဒင်္ဂါး • (dangga:)

coin; minted piece of metal used as currency

Derived terms

ဒင်္ဂါးတိုက် (dangga:tuik)
ရွှေဒင်္ဂါး (hrwedangga:)
ရွှေဒင်္ဂါးကြက် (hrwedangga:krak)
ရွှေဒင်္ဂါးပန်း (hrwedangga:pan:)
ရွှေဒင်္ဂါးရောင် (hrwedangga:raung)

Descendants

→ Shan: တႅင်းၵႃး (téng káa)

References

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

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