ကမ္ဗောဇ

Burmese

Etymology

From Pali kamboja, ultimately from Sanskrit काम्बोज (kāmboja). Doublet of ကမ္ဘောဒီးယား (kambhau:di:ya:).

Cognate with Khmer កម្ពុជា (kampuciə).

Pronunciation

  • Phonetic respelling: ကမ်ဗောဇ
  • IPA(key): /kàɴbɔ́za̰/
  • Romanization: MLCTS: kambau:ja. • ALA-LC: kamboja • BGN/PCGN: kanbaw:za. • Okell: kañbòzá

Proper noun

ကမ္ဗောဇ • (kambau:ja.)

  1. (historical) Kanbawza, Nyaungshwe (a historical name of princely state in Burma)
  2. Kamboja, an ancient kingdom in what is now India