နာမကရဏ

Burmese

Etymology

နာမ (nama., “name”) +‎ ကရဏ (ka.ra.na., “to make”), borrowed from Pali nāmakaraṇa, from Sanskrit नामकरण (nāmakaraṇa).

Pronunciation

• Phonetic respelling: နာမက'*ရ'ဏ
• IPA^(key): /nàma̰kəɹəna̰/
• Romanization: MLCTS: nama.ka.ra.na. • ALA-LC: nāmakaraṇa • BGN/PCGN: nama.kărăna. • Okell: namákărăná

Noun

နာမကရဏ • (nama.ka.ra.na.)

1. (historical) naming ceremony for children of royal birth

Synonyms

• ကင်ပွန်းတပ် (kangpwan:tap)

References

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