သရော

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Burmese[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan origin. Cognate with Jingpho sàw (dry), Jingpho sàwng (parched), S'gaw Karen သး (thä, famine) and possibly Tibetan དྲོ་པོ (dro po, warm). Also compare with Chinese (xiāo, to sun-shine, to dry). Original meaning of "dry" can be seen in သယောင်း.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • Phonetic respelling: သ'ရော
  • IPA(key): /θəjɔ́/
  • Romanization: MLCTS: sa.rau: • ALA-LC: saro • BGN/PCGN: thăyaw: • Okell: thăyò

Noun[edit]

သရော (sa.rau:)

  1. famine; drought