သာရကာ

Burmese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Pali sālikā. Doublet of သာလိကာ (sali.ka)

Pronunciation

• Phonetic respelling: သာ*ရ'ကာ
• IPA^(key): /θàɹəkà/
• Romanization: MLCTS: sara.ka • ALA-LC: sārakā • BGN/PCGN: tharăka • Okell: tharăka

Noun

သာရကာ • (sara.ka)

1. common hill myna (Gracula religiosa)
2. (figurative) talkative child
3. general term for birds

Synonyms

• သာလိကာ (sali.ka)

References

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