ကာလသား

Burmese

Etymology

ကာလ (kala.) +‎ -သား (-sa:), with the first element borrowed from Pali kāla.

Pronunciation

• Phonetic respelling: ကာလ'+သား
• IPA^(key): /kàləðá/
• Romanization: MLCTS: kala.sa: • ALA-LC: kālasāʺ • BGN/PCGN: kalădha: • Okell: kalăthà

Noun

ကာလသား • (kala.sa:)

1. bachelor, young man

Derived terms

• ကာလသားချက် (kala.sa:hkyak)
• ကာလသားရောဂါ (kala.sa:rau:ga)

 

Descendants

• → Shan: ၵႃႇလႃႉသႃး (kàa lâ̰a sáa), ၵႃႇလႃႉ ႀႃး (kàa lâ̰a xáa)

Further reading

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