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hyphen meaning in Myanmar

တုံး tum:

/ˈhaɪ̯.f(ə̯)n̩/UK/ˈhaɪ̯.fən/

hyphen in Myanmar: တုံး (tum:). In English, hyphen means the symbol "‐", typically used to join two or more words to form a compound term, or to indicate that a word has been split at the end of a line.

Myanmar words for hyphen

symbol used to join words or to indicate a word has been split
တုံး tum:

English meaning of hyphen

  1. noun The symbol "‐", typically used to join two or more words to form a compound term, or to indicate that a word has been split at the end of a line.
  2. noun Something which links two things of greater significance than itself.
  3. noun An enclosed walkway or passage that connects two buildings.
  4. noun Someone who belongs to a marginalized subgroup, and can therefore described by a hyphenated term, such as "German-American", "female-academic", etc.

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Questions about hyphen in Myanmar

What is the meaning of hyphen in Myanmar?
Hyphen in Myanmar is တုံး (tum:).
hyphen ရဲ့ အဓိပ္ပာယ်က ဘာလဲ။
Hyphen: တုံး (tum:).
What does hyphen mean in English?
Hyphen means the symbol "‐", typically used to join two or more words to form a compound term, or to indicate that a word has been split at the end of a line.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: hyphen (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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