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detective meaning in Myanmar

စုံထောက် cumhtauk

/dɪˈtɛktɪv/

detective in Myanmar: စုံထောက် (cumhtauk). In English, detective means a police officer tasked with collecting evidence and information in order to solve a crime; an investigator.

Myanmar words for detective

police officer who looks for evidence
စုံထောက် cumhtauk

English meaning of detective

  1. noun A police officer tasked with collecting evidence and information in order to solve a crime; an investigator.
  2. noun A person employed to find information not otherwise available to the public.
  3. noun A work of detective fiction.
  4. adjective Employed in detecting.

Full definition of detective

detective in a sentence

  • He worked as a detective with the agency for five years.

Synonyms of detective

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Questions about detective in Myanmar

What is the meaning of detective in Myanmar?
Detective in Myanmar is စုံထောက် (cumhtauk).
detective ရဲ့ အဓိပ္ပာယ်က ဘာလဲ။
Detective: စုံထောက် (cumhtauk).
What does detective mean in English?
Detective means a police officer tasked with collecting evidence and information in order to solve a crime; an investigator.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: detective (page history and authors), its translation table and English meanings. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the Myanmar words and English meanings and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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