သံပရာ

Burmese

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit जम्बीर (jambīra). Cognate with Manipuri ꯆꯝꯄ꯭ꯔꯥ (champ͟raa). Compare Burmese သံပရို (sampa.rui).

Pronunciation

• Phonetic respelling: သံဗ'ရာ
• IPA^(key): /θàɴbəjà/
• Romanization: MLCTS: sampa.ra • ALA-LC: saṃparā • BGN/PCGN: thanbăya • Okell: thañpăya

Noun

သံပရာ • (sampa.ra)

1. lime

Further reading

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