စန္ဒရား

Burmese

Etymology

Blend of စန်း (can:, “desirable”) +‎ ယန္တရား (yanta.ra:, “instrument”), the latter from Sanskrit यन्त्र (yantra, “instrument; apparatus; machine; appliance”).

Pronunciation

• Phonetic respelling: စနဒ'ရား
• IPA^(key): /sàɴdəjá/
• Romanization: MLCTS: canda.ra: • ALA-LC: candarāʺ • BGN/PCGN: sandăya: • Okell: sañdăyà

Noun

စန္ဒရား • (canda.ra:)

1. (music) piano

Descendants

• → Shan: ၸၼ်းတယႃး (tsán tǎ yáa)

Further reading

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