ဧကန်
Burmese
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Pali ekanta (“sure, unfailing, extreme”). Doublet of ဧကန္တ (ekanta.).
Pronunciation
- Phonetic respelling: ဧဂန်
- IPA(key): /ʔèɡàɴ/
- Romanization: MLCTS: ekan • ALA-LC: ekanʻ • BGN/PCGN: egan • Okell: eikañ
Adverb
ဧကန် • (ekan)
- certainly, verily
Derived terms
- ဧကန်မုချ (ekanmu.hkya.)
- ဧကန်ဧက (ekan-eka.)
References
- “ဧကန်” in Myanmar–English Dictionary (Myanmar Language Commission 1993). Searchable online at SEAlang.net.