ခဏ

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Burmese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Pali khaṇa, from Sanskrit क्षण (kṣaṇa). Cognate with Mon ခၞ, Khmer ខណៈ (khaʼnaʼ), Thai ขณะ (kà-nà), Lao ຂະນະ (kha na).

Pronunciation

  • Phonetic respelling: ခ'
  • IPA(key): /kʰəna̰/
  • Romanization: MLCTS: hka.na. • ALA-LC: khaṇa • BGN/PCGN: hkăna. • Okell: hkăná

Noun

ခဏ (hka.na.)

  1. moment (very brief period of time)
  2. (archaic) measure of time spanning 0.16 seconds or four လယ (la.ya.), traditionally described as ten winks of the eyes or ten snaps of the fingers

Derived terms

See also

Pali

Etymology 1

Alternative forms

Noun

ခဏ m

  1. Burmese script form of khaṇa (moment)
Declension

Etymology 2

Alternative forms

Verb

ခဏ

  1. Burmese script form of khaṇa, imperative active second-person singular of ခဏတိ (khaṇati, to dig)