အစိုးရ

Burmese

Etymology

အ- (a.-) +‎ စိုး (cui:, “to rule”) +‎ ရ (ra., “to possess”)

Pronunciation

Phonetic respelling: အ'စိုးရ
IPA^(key): /ʔəsója̰/
Romanization: MLCTS: a.cui:ra. • ALA-LC: ’acui″ra • BGN/PCGN: ăso:ya. • Okell: ăsoùyá

Noun

အစိုးရ • (a.cui:ra.)

government

Descendants

→ Shan: ဢၸူဝ်းယႃႉ (’ǎ tsó yâ̰a)

Further reading

“အစိုးရ” in The Judson Burmese–English Dictionary (Rangoon: American Baptist Mission Press 1921), page 37.
“အစိုးရ” in Myanmar–English Dictionary (Myanmar Language Commission 1993). Searchable online at SEAlang.net.

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.