သဒ္ဒါ

Burmese

Pronunciation

• Phonetic respelling: +သ'ဒါ
• IPA^(key): /ðədà/
• Romanization: MLCTS: sadda • ALA-LC: saddā • BGN/PCGN: dhăda • Okell: thăda

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Pali sadda (“word”).

Noun

သဒ္ဒါ • (sadda)

1. meaningful speech sound, word, term
2. grammar (rules for speaking and writing a language)

Derived terms

• သဒ္ဒါဆယ်ပါး (saddahcaipa:)
• သဒ္ဒါနက် (saddanak)
• သဒ္ဒါနည်း (saddanany:)
• သဒ္ဒါရုံ (saddarum)
• သဒ္ဒါလင်္ကာရ (saddalangkara.)

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Pali saddā, from Sanskrit श्रद्धा (śraddhā, “faith”).

Noun

သဒ္ဒါ • (sadda)

1. faith
2. generosity

Verb

သဒ္ဒါ • (sadda)

1. to have faith
2. to be generous

Derived terms

• မသဒ္ဒါရေစာ (ma.saddareca)
• သဒ္ဒါကြေး (sadda-kre:)
• သဒ္ဒါတရား (saddata.ra:)
• သဒ္ဒါပေါက် (saddapauk)

Further reading

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

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• saddā (Latin script)
• 𑀲𑀤𑁆𑀤𑀸 (Brahmi script)
• सद्दा (Devanagari script)
• সদ্দা (Bengali script)
• සද‍්දා (Sinhalese script)
• သၻ္ၻႃ or သၻ်ၻႃ (Burmese script)
• สทฺทา or สัททา (Thai script)
• ᩈᨴ᩠ᨴᩤ (Tai Tham script)
• ສທ຺ທາ or ສັທທາ (Lao script)
• សទ្ទា (Khmer script)
• 𑄥𑄘𑄴𑄘𑄂 (Chakma script)

Noun

သဒ္ဒါ (saddā)

1. Burmese script form of saddā, which is inflection of သဒ္ဒ:
   1. ablative singular
   2. nominative/vocative plural (sadda, “sound”)