အစိတ်

Burmese

Etymology

အ- (a.-, nominal prefix) +‎ စိတ် (cit, “to slice”).

Pronunciation

• Phonetic respelling: အ'စိတ်
• IPA^(key): /ʔəseɪʔ/
• Romanization: MLCTS: a.cit • ALA-LC: ʼacitʻ • BGN/PCGN: ăseik • Okell: ăseiʔ

Noun

အစိတ် • (a.cit)

1. division, part, portion, segment
2. quarter, one-fourth, ¼
3. (by extension) a quarter of one hundred, twenty-five
4. (by extension) a move of twenty-five squares in the game of pachisi

Derived terms

• အခွဲအစိတ် (a.hkwai:a.cit)
• အစိတ်စိတ်အမြွှာမြွှာ (a.citcit-a.hmrwahmrwa)
• အစိတ်သား (a.citsa:)
• အစိတ်အပိုင်း (a.cit-a.puing:)

Further reading

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