သာလိကာ
Burmese
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Pali sālikā. Doublet of သာရကာ (sara.ka).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /θàlḭkà/
- Romanization: MLCTS: sali.ka • ALA-LC: sālikā • BGN/PCGN: thali.ka • Okell: thalíka
Noun
သာလိကာ • (sali.ka)
- common hill myna (Gracula religiosa)
- (figuratively) talkative child
- general term for birds
Synonyms
- သာရကာ (sara.ka)
References
- “သာလိကာ” in Myanmar–English Dictionary (Myanmar Language Commission 1993). Searchable online at SEAlang.net.