တန်ဆာ

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Burmese

Pronunciation

  • Phonetic respellings: ဒန်'ဇာ, တန်ဇာ
  • IPA(key): /dəzà/, /tàɴzà/
  • Romanization: MLCTS: tanhca • ALA-LC: tanʻchā • BGN/PCGN: dăza/tanza • Okell: tăhsa/tañhsa

Etymology 1

According to MED, borrowed from a Hindi तांजान (tāñjān), though no such word appears to exist. Appears more likely to be a semantic extension of the "ornament, tool" sense of Etymology 2.

Noun

တန်ဆာ • (tanhca)

  1. railway freight receipt

Etymology 2

This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.
Particularly: “Considered an atomic non-decomposable unit by MED. Not mentioned by STEDT, while Luce 1981 compares Old Chinese 飾 (OC *hljɯɡ, “ornament”), which appears phonetically unconvincing. The component syllables are တန် (tan, “to be worth, befit”) +‎ ဆာ (hca, “to be limp; Sir; to be hungry”). The first syllable may contribute meaning, though the second syllable appears to be in none of its usual senses.”

Noun

တန်ဆာ • (tanhca)

  1. ornament
  2. implement, tool, instrument
  3. genitals
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