အစိုးရ

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Burmese

Etymology

အ- (a.-) +‎ စိုး (cui:, “to rule”) +‎ ရ (ra., “to possess”)

Pronunciation

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

Noun

အစိုးရ • (a.cui:ra.)

  1. government

Descendants

  • → Shan: ဢၸူဝ်းယႃႉ (ʼǎ tsó yâ̰a)

Further reading

  • “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.
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