စကြာ

Burmese

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit चक्र (cakra). Doublet of စက် (cak).

Pronunciation

  • Phonetic respelling: စက်ကြာ
  • IPA(key): /sɛʔt͡ɕà/
  • Romanization: MLCTS: ca.kra • ALA-LC: cakrā • BGN/PCGN: setkya • Okell: seʔca

Noun

စကြာ • (ca.kra)

  1. (geometry) circle
  2. chariot (of စကြဝတေးမင်း (ca.kra.wa.te:mang:))
  3. powerful weapon
  4. Gautama Buddha's sole on which appear 108 sacred symbols
    1. foot of an august personage distinguished by some unusual mark or symbol
  5. the law (as rendered by the Buddha); the Wheel of Law
  6. toy windmill; pinwheel
    Synonyms: စကြာရဟတ် (ca.krara.hat), လေရဟတ် (lera.hat)
  7. swastika

Derived terms

  • စကြာဖြန့် (ca.krahpran.)
  • ဓမ္မစကြာ (dhamma.ca.kra)
  • ဓမ္မစကြာနေ့ (dhamma.ca.krane.)
  • လေစကြာ (leca.kra)

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