ပြက္ခဒိန်

Burmese

Etymology

Likely from Sanskrit प्रतिदिन (pratidina, “day by day; daily; every day”) (MED gives the borrowing source as Pali pakkhadina). Cognate with Khmer បដិទិន (paʼdetɨn), ប្រតិទិន (prɑtetɨn), Lao ປະຕິທິນ (pa ti thin), Thai ปฏิทิน (bpà-dtì-tin).

Pronunciation

• Phonetic respelling: ပျက်ဂ'ဒိန်
• IPA^(key): /pjɛʔɡədèɪɴ/
• Romanization: MLCTS: prakhka.din • ALA-LC: prakkhadinʻ • BGN/PCGN: pyetgădein • Okell: pyeʔgădeiñ

Noun

ပြက္ခဒိန် • (prakhka.din)

1. calendar

Descendants

• → Shan: ပျၢၵ်ႈၵတိင်ႇ (pjāak kǎ tìng)
• → Pa'o Karen: ပဲက္ခဒိန်ႏ

Further reading

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