လယ

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Burmese

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Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Pali laya, from Sanskrit लय (laya).

Pronunciation

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  • Phonetic respelling: လ'
  • IPA(key): /ləja̰/
  • Romanization: MLCTS: la.ya. • ALA-LC: laya • BGN/PCGN: lăya. • Okell: lăyá

Noun

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လယ (la.ya.)

  1. (archaic) measure of time spanning 0.04 seconds or 1.25 အနုခရာ (a.nu.hka.ra), traditionally described as ten snaps of the fingers

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