ကတ်ကြေး

Burmese

Etymology

Said to be from Pali kattarikā; more likely from Hindi क़ैंची (qa͠icī).

Pronunciation

• Phonetic respelling: ကတ်ကျီး
• IPA^(key): /kaʔt͡ɕí/
• Romanization: MLCTS: katkre: • ALA-LC: katʻkreʺ • BGN/PCGN: katkyi: • Okell: kaʔcì

Noun

ကတ်ကြေး • (katkre:) (classifier လက်)

1. scissors

References

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