ရာဟု

Burmese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit राहु (rāhu).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jàhṵ/
• Romanization: MLCTS: rahu. • ALA-LC: rāhu • BGN/PCGN: yahu. • Okell: yahú

Proper noun

ရာဟု • (rahu.)

1. (astrology) Rāhu: the ascending node of the moon (traditionally considered a planet in Burmese astrology)
   1. the period between Wednesday and Thursday

Derived terms

• ရာဟုထောင့် (rahu.htaung.)
• ရာဟုဖမ်း (rahu.hpam:)

Further reading

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