ပိုက်ဆံ

Burmese

Etymology

Borrowed from Hindi पैसा (paisā). Cognate with Rakhine ဖေ့သာ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /paɪʔsʰàɴ/
• Romanization: MLCTS: puikhcam • ALA-LC: puikʻchaṃ • BGN/PCGN: paikhsan • Okell: paiʔhsañ

Noun

ပိုက်ဆံ • (puikhcam) (classifier ရွက်)

1. money
2. pice

Derived terms

• ခြူးပိုက်ဆံ (hkru:puikhcam, “old Myanmar coin bearing a ခြူး (hkru:) figure”)
• ပိုက်ဆံအိတ် (puikhcam-it, “purse; wallet”)

 

Descendants

• → Mon: ပဆာန်

Further reading

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