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chinthe

chinthe noun: a leograph that is often seen at the entrances of Southeast Asian pagodas and temples.

chinthe: a leograph that is often seen at the entrances of Southeast Asian pagodas and temples
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Noun

chinthe (plural chinthes)

  1. A leograph that is often seen at the entrances of Southeast Asian pagodas and temples
    • The artists are forced endlessly to carve figures of elephants and leographs of chinthes.1998, Feroz Kapadia, South East Asia: Burma, Cambodia, Anmol publications, page 85
    • Two of the doors have hintha birds and the one door has a leaping leograph of chinthe.1999, Irene Moilanen, Mirrored in Wood: Burmese Art and Architecture, White Lotus Press, page 18

Forms of chinthe

pluralchinthes

Origin of chinthe

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

Questions about chinthe

What does chinthe mean?
Chinthe means a leograph that is often seen at the entrances of Southeast Asian pagodas and temples.
What part of speech is chinthe?
Chinthe is a noun.
What is the plural of chinthe?
The plural of chinthe is chinthes.

Words near chinthe in the dictionary

  1. Chinsurah
  2. chinsy
  3. chint
  4. Chinta Valley
  5. Chinteni
  6. chinthe
  7. chinthes
  8. Chintin
  9. chints
  10. chintses
  11. chintz

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