ဓားစာခံ

Burmese

Etymology

ဓား (dha:, knife, sword) +‎ စာ (ca, food, fodder) +‎ ခံ (hkam, to intercept, suffer).

Pronunciation

  • Phonetic respelling: ဓား'ဇာဂံ
  • IPA(key): /dəzàɡàɴ/
  • Romanization: MLCTS: dha:cahkam • ALA-LC: dhāʺcākhaṃ • BGN/PCGN: dăzagan • Okell:sahk

Noun

ဓားစာခံ • (dha:cahkam)

  1. hostage
  2. scapegoat

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