ရာ

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Burmese

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s/k-ra (place); cognate with Old Chinese (OC *sqʰraʔ, “place”) (STEDT).

Verb

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ရာ (ra)

  1. to be suitable, proper; to deserve; to be worthy of

Noun

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ရာ (ra)

  1. place

Particle

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ရာ (ra)

  1. word affixed to verb to denote possibility, obligation

Conjunction

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ရာ (ra)

  1. while

Derived terms

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Etymology 2

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Inherited from Old Burmese ရျာ (rya); from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *b-r-gja (hundred) (STEDT).

Numeral

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ရာ (ra) (digit ၁၀၀)

  1. hundred
    Synonym: တစ်ရာ (tacra)
Usage notes
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When preceded by another number, it can be used without a numerical classifier, e.g. ကျပ် နှစ်ရာ (kyap hnacra, two hundred kyats).

Derived terms
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Further reading

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  • ရာ” in Myanmar–English Dictionary (Myanmar Language Commission 1993). Searchable online at SEAlang.net.
  • Hill, Nathan W. "Evolution of the Burmese vowel system." Transactions of the Philological Society 110.1 (2012): 64-79.

Mon

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Burmese အရာ (a.ra).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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ရာ (rɛ̀a)

  1. thing, place

References

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Pali

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Alternative forms

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Noun

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ရာ

  1. Burmese script form of , ablative singular of (ra, the Pali letter 'r')