အကျော်

Burmese

Pronunciation

  • Phonetic respelling: အ'ကျော်
  • IPA(key): /ʔət͡ɕɔ̀/
  • Romanization: MLCTS: a.kyau • ALA-LC: ʼakyoʻ • BGN/PCGN: ăkyaw • Okell: ăco

Etymology 1

အ- (a.-, “nominal prefix”) +‎ ကျော် (kyau), the second component of unclear interpretation and origin.

Noun

အကျော် • (a.kyau)

  1. eaglewood tree: Aquilaria malaccensis (syn. A. agallocha)
  2. fragrant heartwood of the eaglewood, aloeswood

Etymology 2

အ- (a.-, “nominal prefix”) +‎ ကျော် (kyau, “to overtake, be famous”).

Noun

အကျော် • (a.kyau)

  1. person of renown, celebrity
  2. person standing first in a ပထမကြီး (pa.hta.ma.kri:) examination
  3. rise (of staircase)
Derived terms
  • အကျော်ဇေယျ (a.kyaujeyya.)
  • အကျော်တစော (a.kyauta.cau:)
  • အကျော်ဒေးယျ (a.kyaude:yya.)
  • အကျော်အမော် (a.kyaua.mau)
See also
  • ပထမကျော် (pa.hta.ma.kyau)

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