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: စစ်ဗ'ယင်
• IPA^(key): /sɪʔbəjɪ̀ɴ/
• Romanization: MLCTS: cactu.rang • ALA-LC: cacʻturaṅʻ • BGN/PCGN: sitbăyin • Okell: siʔbăyiñ

Noun

စစ်တုရင် • (cactu.rang)

1. Myanmar chess, sittuyin
2. chess

References

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