စက်လှေကား

Burmese

Etymology

စက် (cak, “circle”) +‎ လှေကား (hleka:, “stairs”), thus literally ‘circular stairs’.

Pronunciation

  • Phonetic respelling: စက်လှေဂါး
  • IPA(key): /sɛʔl̥èɡá/
  • Romanization: MLCTS: cakhleka: • ALA-LC: cakʻlhekāʺ • BGN/PCGN: sethlega: • Okell: seʔhleikà

Noun

စက်လှေကား • (cakhleka:)

  1. escalator

Further reading

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