Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

chinthe

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: chinthe
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

1

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A leograph that is often seen at the entrances of Southeast Asian pagodas and temples

Example Sentences

"The artists are forced endlessly to carve figures of elephants and leographs of chinthes."
"Two of the doors have hintha birds and the one door has a leaping leograph of chinthe."

Etymology

Borrowed from Burmese ခြင်္သေ့ (hkrangse., “lion”), pronounced /t͡ɕʰɪ̀ɴðḛ/.

Inflected Forms

chinthes (plural)

Questions

What does chinthe mean?: A leograph that is often seen at the entrances of Southeast Asian pagodas and temples
Where does chinthe come from?: Borrowed from Burmese ခြင်္သေ့ (hkrangse., “lion”), pronounced /t͡ɕʰɪ̀ɴðḛ/.

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