တန်ဆာ

Burmese

Pronunciation

  • Phonetic respellings: ဒန်'ဇာ, တန်ဇာ
  • IPA(key): /dəzà/, /tàɴzà/
  • Romanization: MLCTS: tanhca • ALA-LC: tanʻchā • BGN/PCGN: dăza/tanza • Okell: tăhsa/tañhsa

Etymology 1

According to MED, borrowed from a Hindi तांजान (tāñjān), though no such word appears to exist. Appears more likely to be a semantic extension of the "ornament, tool" sense of Etymology 2.

Noun

တန်ဆာ • (tanhca)

  1. railway freight receipt

Etymology 2

Noun

တန်ဆာ • (tanhca)

  1. ornament
  2. implement, tool, instrument
  3. genitals
Derived terms
  • ကကြိုးတန်ဆာ (ka.krui:tanhca)
  • ချပ်ဝတ်တန်ဆာ (hkyap-wattanhca)
  • တန်ဆာပလာ (tanhcapa.la)
  • ပြည့်တန်ဆာ (prany.tanhca)
  • မင်းမြောက်တန်ဆာ (mang:mrauktanhca)
  • လက်ဆွဲတန်ဆာ (lakhcwai:tanhca)
  • ဝတ်စားတန်ဆာ (watca:tanhca)
  • အဆင်တန်ဆာ (a.hcangtanhca)

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