နက္ခတ်

Burmese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Pali nakkhatta

Pronunciation

• Phonetic respelling: နက်ခတ်
• IPA^(key): /nɛʔkʰaʔ/
• Romanization: MLCTS: nakhkat • ALA-LC: nakkhatʻ • BGN/PCGN: nethkat • Okell: neʔhkaʔ

Noun

နက္ခတ် • (nakhkat)

1. stars
2. asterism, lunar mansion

Derived terms

• စဉ်နက္ခတ် (canynakhkat)
• စန်းယှဉ်နက္ခတ် (can:hyanynakhkat)
• နက္ခတ်တာရာပြခန်း (nakhkattara-pra.hkan:)
• နက္ခတ်မျှော်စင် (nakhkathmyaucang)

 

Further reading

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