ဟ

See also: ဟို, ဟံး, ဟု, ဟူ, ဟံၣ်, and 𑄦

ဟ U+101F, ဟ MYANMAR LETTER HA ← သ [U+101E] Myanmar ဠ → [U+1020]

Translingual

Etymology

From the Brahmi letter 𑀳 (ha).

Letter

ဟ

1. Ha, a letter of the Mon–Burmese script.

Burmese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ha̰/
• Romanization: MLCTS: ha. • ALA-LC: ha • BGN/PCGN: ha. • Okell: há

• Audio:

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Etymology 1

Letter

ဟ • (ha.)

1. Ha, the 32nd letter of the Burmese alphabet.

Derived terms

• ဝလာဟကမြင်း (wa.laha.ka.mrang:)
• ဟဆွဲ (ha.hcwai:)
• ဟထိုး (ha.htui:)

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Not given etymology by STEDT (haʼ "open the mouth, gape open"). Seems sound-symbolic.”)

Verb

ဟ • (ha.)

1. to open
2. to speak out
3. (of doors) to be ajar, be agape

Derived terms

• ကွာဟ (kwaha.)
• ဖွင့်ဟ (hpwang.ha.)
• မြွက်ဟ (mrwakha.)
• မိန့်ဟ (min.ha.)
• ဟကွဲ (ha.kwai:)
• ဟကွဲထဘီ (ha.kwai:hta.bhi)
• ဟပြဲ (ha.prai:)

Etymology 3

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Probably a natural exclamation.”)

Interjection

ဟ • (ha.)

1. interjection denoting surprise, amazement, alarm

Particle

ဟ • (ha.)

1. sentence final marker conveying exhortation or emphasis

Derived terms

• ဟရို့ (ha.rui.)

Further reading

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

Mon

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /haʔ/

• Audio:

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Letter

ဟ (transliteration needed)

1. Ha, the thirty-first consonant of the Mon alphabet.

Verb

ဟ (ha)

1. particle of verbal negation. Not, not any, non.

   ဟ...အှ်ေ

   ha...ʼhe

   not very!

S'gaw Karen

Letter

ဟ • (ha)

1. Ha, the 23rd letter of the S'gaw Karen alphabet, called ဟၣ်က့ၢ်လီၤ (hà kay̱ law̄) in S'gaw Karen.

Western Pwo

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /haʔ/

Letter

ဟ (transliteration needed)

1. The 24th letter of the Western Pwo alphabet, called ဟၭ in Western Pwo.