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mother-of-pearl meaning in Myanmar

မုတ်ခွံ muthkwam

/ˌmʌðəɹ əv ˈpɜː(ɹ)l/

mother-of-pearl in Myanmar: မုတ်ခွံ (muthkwam), ကနုကမာ (ka.nu.ka.ma). In English, mother-of-pearl means the hard pearly inner layer of certain mollusk shells; nacre.

Myanmar words for mother-of-pearl

pearly layer
မုတ်ခွံ muthkwam, ကနုကမာ ka.nu.ka.ma

English meaning of mother-of-pearl

  1. noun The hard pearly inner layer of certain mollusk shells; nacre.
  2. noun A butterfly of the genus Salamis.
  3. noun A butterfly of the species Patania ruralis.
  4. adjective Made from or looking like mother-of-pearl; iridescent or pearly.

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Questions about mother-of-pearl in Myanmar

What is the meaning of mother-of-pearl in Myanmar?
Mother-of-pearl in Myanmar is မုတ်ခွံ (muthkwam), ကနုကမာ (ka.nu.ka.ma).
mother-of-pearl ရဲ့ အဓိပ္ပာယ်က ဘာလဲ။
Mother-of-pearl: မုတ်ခွံ (muthkwam), ကနုကမာ (ka.nu.ka.ma).
What does mother-of-pearl mean in English?
Mother-of-pearl means the hard pearly inner layer of certain mollusk shells; nacre.

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