ဆိတ်

Burmese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sʰeɪʔ/
• Romanization: MLCTS: hcit • ALA-LC: chitʻ • BGN/PCGN: hseik • Okell: hseiʔ
• Homophone: ဆိပ် (hcip)

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Etymology 1

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *r-tsit. Cognate with Lashi choyt, Nuosu ꍶ (chyt, “goat”), Japhug tsʰɤt (“goat”), Naxi ceel (“goat”), Drung vchit (“goat”).

ဆိတ်

Noun

ဆိတ် • (hcit)

1. goat (animal)

Derived terms

• ဆိတ်ကုလား (hcitku.la:)
• ဆိတ်ထီး (hcithti:)
• ဆိတ်မ (hcitma.)

See also

• (Chinese zodiac signs) တရုတ်ဆယ့်နှစ်ရာသီခွင် (ta.ruthcai.hnacrasihkwang); ကြွက် (krwak, “Mouse”), နွား (nwa:, “Cow”), ကျား (kya:, “Tiger”), ယုန် (yun, “Rabbit”), နဂါး (na.ga:, “Dragon”), မြွေ (mrwe, “Snake”), မြင်း (mrang:, “Horse”), ဆိတ် (hcit, “Sheep”), မျောက် (myauk, “Monkey”), ကြက် (krak, “Rooster”), ခွေး (hkwe:, “Dog”), ဝက် (wak, “Pig”) ^{(Category: my:Chinese zodiac signs)}

Etymology 2

Verb

ဆိတ် • (hcit)

1. to pinch (squeeze a small amount of skin)

References

• “ဆိတ် 1 ‘goat’” in The Judson Burmese–English Dictionary (Rangoon: American Baptist Mission Press 1921), page 406.
• “ဆိတ် 3 ‘pinch’” in The Judson Burmese–English Dictionary (Rangoon: American Baptist Mission Press 1921), page 407.
• “ဆိတ်” in Myanmar–English Dictionary (Myanmar Language Commission 1993). Searchable online at SEAlang.net.