တစ္ဆေ

Burmese

Etymology

According to MED, possibly borrowed from a Pali tajjaka, though said word does not seem to be attested in the Pali-English Dictionary. The Pali word in question may be a nominal formation from or related to tajjeti (“to frighten, threaten, curse, rail against”), itself a causative of tarjati, from Sanskrit तर्जति (tárjati, “to threaten, scold”); see there for more.

Pronunciation

• Phonetic respelling: တ'ဆေ
• IPA^(key): /təsʰè/
• Romanization: MLCTS: tachce • ALA-LC: tacche • BGN/PCGN: tăhse • Okell: tăhsei

Noun

တစ္ဆေ • (tachce)

1. ghost

Derived terms

• ထမင်းလုံးတစ္ဆေခြောက် (hta.mang:lum:tachcehkrauk)

Further reading

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