ဘုရင်ခံ

Burmese

Etymology

ဘုရင် (bhu.rang) +‎ ခံ (hkam)

Pronunciation

• Phonetic respelling: ဗယင်+ဂန်
• IPA^(key): /ba̰jɪ̀ɴɡàɴ/
• Romanization: MLCTS: bhu.ranghkam • ALA-LC: bhuraṅʻkhaṃ • BGN/PCGN: ba.yin-gan • Okell: báyiñgañ

Noun

ဘုရင်ခံ • (bhu.ranghkam)

1. governor, viceroy
2. ruler of a country or state on behalf of the king.

Descendants

• → Shan: ပယိၼ်ႇၶၢမ်ႇ (pǎ yìn khàam)

Further reading

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