ရာသီ

Burmese

Etymology

Borrowed from Pali rāsi (“quantity, heap”), from Sanskrit राशि (rāśi).

Pronunciation
  • Phonetic respelling: ရာ+သီ
  • IPA(key): /jàðì/
  • Romanization: MLCTS: rasi • ALA-LC: rāsī • BGN/PCGN: yadhi • Okell: yathi

Noun

ရာသီ • (rasi)

  1. any one of the twelve signs of the zodiac
  2. season
  3. menses
Derived terms

References
  • “ရာသီ” in The Judson Burmese–English Dictionary (Rangoon: American Baptist Mission Press 1921), page 841.
  • “ရာသီ” in Myanmar–English Dictionary (Myanmar Language Commission 1993). Searchable online at SEAlang.net.

See also
Seasons in Burmese · ရာသီ (rasi) (layout · text)
နွေဦးရာသီ (nweu:rasi, “spring”) နွေရာသီ (nwerasi, “summer”) ဆောင်းဦးရာသီ (hcaung:u:rasi, “autumn”) ဆောင်းရာသီ (hcaung:rasi, “winter”)
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