ပိုက်ဆံ

Burmese

Etymology

Borrowed from Hindi पैसा (paisā). Cognate with Rakhine ဖေ့သာ.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /paɪʔsʰàɴ/
  • Romanization: MLCTS: puikhcam • ALA-LC: puikʻchaṃ • BGN/PCGN: paikhsan • Okell: paiʔhsañ

Noun

ပိုက်ဆံ • (puikhcam) (classifier ရွက်)

  1. money
  2. pice

Derived terms

  • ခြူးပိုက်ဆံ (hkru:puikhcam, “old Myanmar coin bearing a ခြူး (hkru:) figure”)
  • ပိုက်ဆံအိတ် (puikhcam-it, “purse; wallet”)

Descendants

  • → Mon: ပဆာန်
  • → Shan: ပႅၵ်ႉသၢၼ်ႇ (pḛ̂k sàan)

Further reading

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