ဆရာတော်

Burmese

FWOTD – 23 October 2017

Etymology

ဆရာ (hca.ra, “teacher”) +‎ -တော် (-tau, “honorific”)

Pronunciation

Phonetic respellings: ဆ'ရာဒေါ်, ဆ'ဒေါ်, ဇ'ဒေါ်

IPA^(key): /sʰəjàdɔ̀/, /sʰədɔ̀/, /zədɔ̀/

Romanization: MLCTS: hca.ratau • ALA-LC: charāto‘ • BGN/PCGN: hsăyadaw/hsădaw/zădaw • Okell: hsăyato/hsăto/hsăto

Usage notes

The reduced pronunciations /sʰədɔ̀/ and /zədɔ̀/ are colloquial.

Noun

ဆရာတော် • (hca.ratau) (classifier ပါး or ဦး)

(Buddhism) abbot (of a Buddhist monastery)
(Buddhism, honorific) respectful form of address used for Buddhist monks

References

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

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