မာ်

မာ်

Mon

Etymology

From Sanskrit माघ (māgha).[1][2]

Pronunciation

• (Kaw Kyaik, Myanmar) IPA^(key): /ma̤ik/[1]
• (Pak Kret District, Thailand) IPA^(key): /ma̤c/[2]

Noun

မာ် (māk)

1. The eleventh month of the Mon lunar calendar, which corresponds to February.

See also

• (lunar months) စှ်ၜါရာသဳ; စဲ, ပသာ်, ဇှေ်, ဒဂိုန်, သ္ဍိသဳ, ဘတ်, ဝှ်, ကထိုန်, မြာ်ကသဵု, ပှော်, မာ်, ဖဝ်ရဂိုဏ်, ^{(Category: mnw:Lunar months)}

Mon language months being lunar months do not fully coincide with English language months. ဂိတုဘာသာမန်ဂမၠိုၚ် ဟိုတ်ဆေက်ဆောံကဵုဗၞဳဝန် ဂိတုမော်စွေက်တုဲ၊ ဗွဲမဍိုက်ပေၚ်ဂှ် ဟွံတုပ်သၟဟ် ဟွံကိတ်ကဵု ဂိတုဘာသာအၚ်္ဂလိက်ရအဴ။

References

1. Shorto, H.L. (1962) A Dictionary of Modern Spoken Mon‎, London: Oxford University Press. Searchable online at SEAlang.net.
2. Sakamoto, Yasuyuki (1994), “မာ်”, in Mon - Japanese Dictionary‎ (in Japanese), Tokyo: Institute for the Study of Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies, page 695