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: စစ်တုယင်
  • IPA(key): /sɪʔtṵjɪ̀ɴ/
  • Romanization: MLCTS: cactu.rang • ALA-LC: cacʻturaṅʻ • BGN/PCGN: sittu.yin • Okell: siʔtúyiñ

Noun

စစ်တုရင် • (cactu.rang)

  1. Myanmar chess, sittuyin
  2. chess

References

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