ဧကန်

Burmese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Pali ekanta (“sure, unfailing, extreme”). Doublet of ဧကန္တ (ekanta.).

Pronunciation

• Phonetic respelling: ဧဂန်
• IPA^(key): /ʔèɡàɴ/
• Romanization: MLCTS: ekan • ALA-LC: ekanʻ • BGN/PCGN: egan • Okell: eikañ

Adverb

ဧကန် • (ekan)

1. certainly, verily

Derived terms

• ဧကန်မုချ (ekanmu.hkya.)
• ဧကန်ဧက (ekan-eka.)

 

References

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