ကတ်

Burmese

noun
Definitions
  • card flat, normally rectangular piece of stiff paper, plastic etc.

Etymology

Borrowed from English card (material with embedded wire bristles, card) derived from Old French carte derived from Latin charta (paper, papyrus, writing, writting) derived from Ancient Greek χάρτης (papyrus, paper, sheet of paper, thin sheet, book, a book, leaf of paper, a papyrus scroll).

Origin

Ancient Greek

χάρτης

Gloss

papyrus, paper, sheet of paper, thin sheet, book, a book, leaf of paper, a papyrus scroll

Concept
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Speech and language

Ontological Category

Person/Thing

Kanji

紙, 箋

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