စာ

See also: စီး, စော, စို, စား, and စ

Burmese

Etymology

Maybe a loan from Chinese; ultimately from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *tsa ~ za. Cognate with သား (sa:, “son, child”), စာ (ca, “to sympathise with; to be considerate to; to have consideration for”). Compare Chinese 子 (zǐ, “child”), 字 (zì, “to bear; to give birth; to breed; to love; Chinese character”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /sà/

Romanization: MLCTS: ca • ALA-LC: cā • BGN/PCGN: sa • Okell: sa

Noun

စာ • (ca)

writing
letter (written or printed communication)
(in compounds) written language
ဗမာစာ/မြန်မာစာ ― ba.maca/mranmaca ― (written) Burmese

အင်္ဂလိပ်စာ ― angga.lipca ― (written) English

Derived terms

စာတိုက် (catuik)
စာဖတ် (cahpat)
စာရေး (care:)
စာသင် (casang)
လိပ်စာ (lipca)
သတင်းစာ (sa.tang:ca)

References

“စာ” in Myanmar–English Dictionary (Myanmar Language Commission 1993). Searchable online at SEAlang.net.

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