တက္ကသိုလ်

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Burmese

Etymology

Borrowed from Pali Takkasilā, in reference to the historical center of learning at Taxila, located in modern-day Pakistan. Doublet of တက္ကသီလာ (takka.sila, Taxila).

Pronunciation

  • Phonetic respelling: တက်က'သို
  • IPA(key): /tɛʔkəθò/
  • Romanization: MLCTS: takka.suil • ALA-LC: takkasuilʻ • BGN/PCGN: tetkătho • Okell: teʔkăthou

Noun

တက္ကသိုလ် (takka.suil)

  1. university; institute of higher learning
  2. (historical) In colonial times, a title for writers, artists, and photographers who had studied university. The title was used in front of their pen names.

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