စတုဂံ

Burmese

Etymology

စတု (ca.tu., “four”) +‎ ဂံ (gam, “corner, angle”), borrowed from Pali catukkoṇa (“four corners”). Compare Khmer ចតុកោណ (caʼtokaon).

Pronunciation

• Phonetic respelling: စ'တုဂံ
• IPA^(key): /sətṵɡàɴ/
• Romanization: MLCTS: ca.tu.gam • ALA-LC: catugaṃ • BGN/PCGN: sătu.gan • Okell: sătúgañ

Noun

စတုဂံ • (ca.tu.gam)

1. (geometry) rectangle, quadrilateral

Synonyms

• လေးထောင့် (le:htaung.)

Further reading

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