Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

irrawaddy

/ˈɪɹəˌwɑdi/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.24 in modern English

Syllables: ir-rawad-dy
IPA: /ˈɪɹəˌwɑdi/

17

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

4

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A river that flows through Burma (Myanmar).

Etymology

From Burmese ဧရာဝတီ (erawa.ti), from Sanskrit इरावती (irāvatī, “granting drink or refreshment”).

Origin

Source language: Sanskrit

Word Breakdown

Root: ဧရာဝတီ, इरावती

Inflected Forms

Ayeyarwady (alternative) Irawadi (alternative) Irawaddi (alternative) Irawaddy (alternative) Irawady (alternative) Irrawaddi (alternative)

Phrases

Irrawaddy dolphin

Questions

How do you pronounce irrawaddy?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈɪɹəˌwɑdi/.
What does irrawaddy mean?: A river that flows through Burma (Myanmar).
Where does irrawaddy come from?: It is traced to Sanskrit.

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