Dictionary entry

Hanker

Pronunciation: /ˈhaŋkə/

Pronunciation

/ˈhaŋkə/

Myanmar Meaning

(v) တောင့်တသည်။လွမ်းသည်။

Definition

hanker /'hæŋkǝ(r)/ v ေတာင့္တသည္။ လြမ္းသည္။ ❏ hanker after/ for sth [ PHRV ] စြဲလမ္းေတာင့္တသည္။ hanker after one's native land ❍ hanker for big city life. ❏ hankering n ~ ( after/ for sth) ; ~ (to do sth) တပ္မက္ မႈ။ စြဲလမ္းမႈ။ ျပင္းျပေသာဆႏၵ။ ဥပါဒါန္။ have a hankering for adventure/ to travel.

Examples

  1. [hanker after/for] : She had always hankered after thick curly hair.
  2. [hanker to do something] : He hankered to revisit his childhood home.