ကမ္ဘာစစ်

Burmese

Etymology

ကမ္ဘာ (kambha, “world”) +‎ စစ် (cac, “war”), calque of English world war.

Pronunciation

Phonetic respelling: ဂမ်'ဘာစစ်

IPA^(key): /ɡəbàsɪʔ/

Romanization: MLCTS: kambhacac • ALA-LC: kambhācacʻ • BGN/PCGN: găbasit • Okell: kăbasiʔ

Noun

ကမ္ဘာစစ် • (kambhacac)

world war, global warfare

References

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

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