ရာသီ

Burmese

Etymology

Borrowed from Pali rāsi (“quantity, heap”), from Sanskrit राशि (rāśi).

Pronunciation

• Phonetic respelling: ရာ+သီ
• IPA^(key): /jàðì/
• Romanization: MLCTS: rasi • ALA-LC: rāsī • BGN/PCGN: yadhi • Okell: yathi

Noun

ရာသီ • (rasi)

1. any one of the twelve signs of the zodiac
2. season
3. menses

Derived terms

• မိုးရာသီ (mui:rasi)
• ရာသီစက် (rasicak)
• ရာသီဥတု (rasiu.tu.)

 

References

• “ရာသီ” in The Judson Burmese–English Dictionary (Rangoon: American Baptist Mission Press 1921), page 841.
• “ရာသီ” in Myanmar–English Dictionary (Myanmar Language Commission 1993). Searchable online at SEAlang.net.

See also

Seasons in Burmese · ရာသီ (rasi) (layout · text) · category
နွေဦး (nweu:, “spring”) ဝသန္တ (wa.santa., “spring”)	နွေ (nwe, “summer”) ဂိမှာန် (gi.hman, “summer”)	ဆောင်းဦး (hcaung:u:, “autumn”)	ဆောင်း (hcaung:, “winter”) ဟေမန္တ (hemanta., “winter”)