ဂျုံ

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Burmese

ဂျုံ

Etymology

Borrowed from Hindi गेहूँ (gehū̃, wheat) or Bengali গম (gom, wheat); both ultimately from Sanskrit गोधूम (godhūma, idem).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /d͡ʑòʊɴ/
  • Romanization: MLCTS: gyum • ALA-LC: gyuṃ • BGN/PCGN: gyon • Okell: jouñ

Noun

ဂျုံ (gyum)

  1. wheat

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Shan: ၵျုင်ႇ (kjùng)

Further reading

  • ဂျုံ” in The Judson Burmese–English Dictionary (Rangoon: American Baptist Mission Press 1921), page 319.
  • ဂျုံ” in Myanmar–English Dictionary (Myanmar Language Commission 1993). Searchable online at SEAlang.net.