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စိတ်

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Burmese

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /seɪʔ/
  • Romanization: MLCTS: cit • ALA-LC: citʻ • BGN/PCGN: seik • Okell: seiʔ

Etymology 1

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Borrowed from Pali citta (mind, heart). Cognate with Mon စိုတ်.

Noun

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စိတ် (cit)

  1. mind (ability for rational thought), thought, consciousness, heart
  2. desire, will, interest
  3. preoccupation
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Etymology 2

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From Proto-Lolo-Burmese *m-dziːtᴸ ~ m-tsiːtᴴ (to split), from Proto-Tibeto-Burman *(d)ziːt ~ *(t)siːt (to split); cognate with Tibetan ཟེད (zed, broken off, damaged, injured). See also စုတ် (cut, to be torn), which seems to be allofamically related (STEDT).

Verb

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စိတ် (cit)

  1. to slice (things)
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Etymology 3

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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Not in MED or STEDT. Perhaps a semantic extension of the "slice" sense in Etymology 2?”)

Noun

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စိတ် (cit)

  1. a traditional Burmese unit of volume equivalent to 2¼ imperial gallons or approximately 10.2287 liters
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See Appendix:Burmese units of measure.

Further reading

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Pali

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Alternative forms

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Verb

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စိတ် (cit)

  1. root of စိန္တေတိ (cinteti), Burmese script form of cinteti