Burmese edit

Etymology edit

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Pronunciation edit

  • Phonetic respelling: တ'ရား
  • IPA(key): /təjá/
  • Romanization: MLCTS: ta.ra: • ALA-LC: tarāʺ • BGN/PCGN: tăya: • Okell: tăyà

Noun edit

တရား (ta.ra:)

  1. fairness; equity; justice
  2. moral principles; teachings; sermon
  3. nature of things; nature; law
  4. litigation; lawsuit
  5. (Buddhism) dhamma, part of the Triple Gem (ရတနာသုံးပါး (ra.ta.nasum:pa:))

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

  • Shan: တြႃး (tráa)

Verb edit

တရား (ta.ra:)

  1. to be just; to be equitable; to be fair

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