ဆတ်

Burmese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sʰaʔ/
• Romanization: MLCTS: hcat • ALA-LC: chatʻ • BGN/PCGN: hsat • Okell: hsaʔ

Etymology 1

From Proto-Tibeto-Burman *tswat (“antelope, sambar deer”).

Noun

ဆတ် • (hcat)

1. sambar

Derived terms

• ဆတ်ကလေး (hcatka.le:)
• ဆတ်ချိုနု (hcathkyuinu.)
• ဆတ်ချိုရစ် (hcathkyuirac)
• ဆတ်ခလောက် (hcathka.lauk)
• ဆတ်ဖို (hcathpui)
• ဆတ်မ (hcatma.)
• ဆတ်သား (hcatsa:)

 

Etymology 2

Verb

ဆတ် • (hcat)

1. to be brittle
2. to be quick to anger; be quick-tempered
3. to give a smart blow; smack
4. to chip at (a rock); sculpt (in stone)
5. to be brisk (in movement)
6. to be curt (in speech)

References

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