ကျာံ

ကျာံ

Mon

Etymology

Phonetic similarities Japanese チャン.

Pronunciation

• (Myanmar) IPA^(key): /cam/
• (Thailand) IPA^(key): /kjam/

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Noun

ကျာံ (kyāṃ)

1. crocodile.
2. kyam, a three-stringed, fretted zither that is shaped like a crocodile.

Derived terms

• တိၚ်ကျာံ (tiṅ kyāṃ, “to play the kyam”)

References

1. ဘဒန္တကေတုမတဳ [Bhadanta Ketumati] (1965) အၚ်္ဂလိက်၊ မန်၊ ဗၟာ၊ ပါဠိ အဘိဓာန်၄ဘာသာ [4 Languages: English, Mon, Burmese and Pali], ရေဝ် [Ye]: ဘာခရိုက်သာံ [Kheraiksam Monastery]