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)

money
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

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