ကမ္ဘာစစ်

Burmese

Etymology

ကမ္ဘာ (kambha, “world”) +‎ စစ် (cac, “war”), calque of English world war.

Pronunciation

• Phonetic respelling: ဂမ်'ဘာစစ်
• IPA^(key): /ɡəbàsɪʔ/
• Romanization: MLCTS: kambhacac • ALA-LC: kambhācacʻ • BGN/PCGN: găbasit • Okell: kăbasiʔ

Noun

ကမ္ဘာစစ် • (kambhacac)

1. world war, global warfare

References

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