စစ်တုရင်

Burmese

Etymology

Borrowed from Pali caturaṅga, from Sanskrit चतुरङ्ग (caturaṅga, “having four members; chess”). The pronunciation of the word has been influenced by ဘုရင် (bhu.rang, “king”).

Pronunciation

Phonetic respelling: စစ်ဗ'ယင်

IPA^(key): /sɪʔbəjɪ̀ɴ/

Romanization: MLCTS: cactu.rang • ALA-LC: cacʻturaṅʻ • BGN/PCGN: sitbăyin • Okell: siʔbăyiñ

Noun

စစ်တုရင် • (cactu.rang)

Myanmar chess, sittuyin
chess

References

“စစ်တုရင်” in Myanmar–English Dictionary (Myanmar Language Commission 1993). Searchable online at SEAlang.net.

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