ပိုက်ဆံ

Burmese

Etymology

Borrowed from Hindi पैसा (paisā). Cognate with Rakhine ဖေ့သာ.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /paɪʔsʰàɴ/

Romanization: MLCTS: puikhcam • ALA-LC: puikʻchaṃ • BGN/PCGN: paikhsan • Okell: paiʔhsañ

Noun

ပိုက်ဆံ • (puikhcam) (classifier ရွက်)

money

Derived terms

ပိုက်ဆံအိတ် (puikhcam-it)

Descendants

→ Mon: ပဆာန်

References

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

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