ဇီဝစက်

Burmese

Etymology

Pali jīva (“life”) (Pali jīva (“life”)) +‎ Pali cakka (“wheel”) (Pali cakka (“wheel”)), calque of English lifecycle.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /zìwa̰sɛʔ/
Romanization: MLCTS: jiwa.cak • ALA-LC: jīvacak‘ • BGN/PCGN: ziwa.set • Okell: ziwáseʔ

Noun

ဇီဝစက် • (jiwa.cak)

lifecycle

References

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

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