ရုပ်မြင်သံကြား

Burmese

Etymology

From ရုပ် (rup, “picture”) +‎ မြင် (mrang, “to see”) +‎ သံ (sam, “voice; sound”) +‎ ကြား (kra:, “to hear”), literally “see picture, hear sound”. Coined in 1979 to replace the loanword တယ်လီဗီးရှင်း (tailibi:hrang:).

Pronunciation

Phonetic respelling: ရုပ်မြင်သံဂြား

IPA^(key): /joʊʔmjɪ̀ɴθàɴd͡ʑá/

Romanization: MLCTS: rupmrangsamkra: • ALA-LC: rup‘mraṅ‘saṃkrā″ • BGN/PCGN: yokmyinthan-gya: • Okell: youʔmyiñthañcà

Noun

ရုပ်မြင်သံကြား • (rupmrangsamkra:)

television

Synonyms

(loanword) တယ်လီဗီးရှင်း (tailibi:hrang:), တီဗီ (tibi)

References

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

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