စက်လှေကား

စက်လှေကား

Burmese

Etymology

စက် (cak, “circle”) +‎ လှေကား (hleka:, “stairs”), thus literally ‘circular stairs’.

Pronunciation

• Phonetic respelling: စက်လှေဂါး
• IPA^(key): /sɛʔl̥èɡá/
• Romanization: MLCTS: cakhleka: • ALA-LC: cakʻlhekāʺ • BGN/PCGN: sethlega: • Okell: seʔhleikà

Noun

စက်လှေကား • (cakhleka:)

1. escalator

Further reading

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