အလျှံ

အလျှံ

Burmese

Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s-ljam (“tongue; lick; flame”) (STEDT). Cognate with Chepang लेम्‍ह्‌सा (lemh‑, “to lick”), Chinese 炎 (OC *ɦlam, “flame; to blaze”), 焰 (OC *loms, “to flame up”), 舔 (OC *l̥ʰiːmʔ, “to lick”).

Pronunciation

• Phonetic respelling: အ'*လျှံ
• IPA^(key): /ʔəl̥jàɴ/
• Romanization: MLCTS: a.hlyam • ALA-LC: ʼalyhaṃ • BGN/PCGN: ăhlyan • Okell: ăhlyañ

Noun

အလျှံ • (a.hlyam)

1. flame
2. iridescence

References

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