အစိုးရ

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Burmese

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Etymology

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အ- (a.-, nominal prefix) +‎ စိုး (cui:, to rule) +‎ (ra., to possess).

Pronunciation

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  • Phonetic respelling: အ'စိုးရ
  • IPA(key): /ʔəsója̰/
  • Romanization: MLCTS: a.cui:ra. • ALA-LC: ʼacuiʺra • BGN/PCGN: ăso:ya. • Okell: ăsoùyá

Verb

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အစိုးရ (a.cui:ra.)

  1. to reign over, rule over

Noun

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အစိုးရ (a.cui:ra.)

  1. government, administration, regime

Derived terms

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Descendants

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Further reading

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  • အစိုးရ” in The Judson Burmese–English Dictionary (Rangoon: American Baptist Mission Press 1921), page 37.
  • အစိုးရ” in Myanmar–English Dictionary (Myanmar Language Commission 1993). Searchable online at SEAlang.net.