ဆန်ကွဲ

Burmese

Etymology

ဆန် (hcan, “rice”) +‎ ကွဲ (kwai:, “split, broken”).

Pronunciation

• Phonetic respelling: ဇန်'ဂွဲ
• IPA^(key): /zəɡwɛ́/
• Romanization: MLCTS: hcankwai: • ALA-LC: chanʻkvai • BGN/PCGN: zăgwè: • Okell: hsăkwè

Noun

ဆန်ကွဲ • (hcankwai:)

1. broken rice

See also

• ဆန်ရင်း (hcanrang:) (highest grade of rice)
• ဆန်လတ် (hcanlat) (middle grade of rice)
• ဆန်ဖျား (hcanhpya:) or ဆန်ညှာ (hcanhnya) (lowest grade of rice)

Further reading

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