ဆိမ့်
See also: ဆိပ် and ဆီမီး
Burmese
Etymology
From Proto-Tibeto-Burman *dz(y)im. Cognate to Tibetan ཞིམ་པོ (zhim po).[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sʰḛɪɴ/
- Romanization: MLCTS: hcim. • ALA-LC: chimʻʹ • BGN/PCGN: hsein. • Okell: hseíñ
Verb
ဆိမ့် • (hcim.)
- to be rich in taste, to be pleasant to the taste, to be delicious, to be savory[2]
Derived terms
(Nouns)
- သစ်ဆိမ့် (sachcim.)
References
- Benedict, Paul K. (1972) Sino-Tibetan: A Conspectus, London: Cambridge University Press, page 29
- “ဆိမ့်” in The Judson Burmese–English Dictionary (Rangoon: American Baptist Mission Press 1921), page 407.