အငြိမ့်

Burmese

FWOTD – 22 June 2015

Etymology

အ- (a.-, “nominalizer”) +‎ ငြိမ့် (ngrim., “to feel springy”)

Pronunciation

• Phonetic respelling: အ'ငြိမ့်
• IPA^(key): /ʔəɲḛɪɴ/
• Romanization: MLCTS: a.ngrim. • ALA-LC: ʼaṅrimʻʹ • BGN/PCGN: ănyein. • Okell: ănyeíñ

Noun

အငြိမ့် • (a.ngrim.)

1. anyeint, a form of Burmese entertainment involving singing, dancing, and comedy

Derived terms

• အငြိမ့်တီးမျိုး (a.ngrim.ti:myui:)
• အငြိမ့်မင်းသမီး (a.ngrim.mang:sa.mi:)
• အငြိမ့်သမ (a.ngrim.sa.ma.)
• အငြိမ့်သား (a.ngrim.sa:)

 

References

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