အတိတ်

Burmese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Pali atīta (“past; gone by”), from Sanskrit अतित (atita, “idem”). Cognate with Lao ອາດີດ (ʼā dīt), Khmer អតីត (ʼaʼdət), Thai อดีต (à-dìit), Hindi अतीत (atīt). Doublet of အတီး (a.ti:).

Pronunciation

• Phonetic respelling: အ'တိတ်
• IPA^(key): /ʔəteɪʔ/
• Romanization: MLCTS: a.tit • ALA-LC: ʼatitʻ • BGN/PCGN: ăteik • Okell: ăteiʔ

Noun

အတိတ် • (a.tit)

1. the past
2. sign, omen
3. predictive legend relating to the result in some games of chance

See also

• ပစ္စုပ္ပန် (paccuppan, “present”) or ပစ္စက္ခ (paccakhka., “present”)
• အနာဂတ် (a.nagat, “future”)

Further reading

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