သော

See also: သော့

Burmese edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Pali so

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /θɔ́/
Romanization: MLCTS: sau: • ALA-LC: so • BGN/PCGN: thaw: • Okell: thò

Noun edit

သော • (sau:)

joke

Particle edit

သော • (sau:)

(literary) particle suffixed to a word to form an adjective
Synonyms: (formal, literary) သည့် (sany.), (informal, colloquial) တဲ့ (tai.)
sentence final marker, emphasising a wish expressed

Usage notes edit

Burmese is a diglossic language. This construct is used in the formal, literary (written) register. See synonyms for the informal, colloquial (spoken) equivalent form(s).

References edit

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

Pali edit

Alternative forms edit

Alternative forms

so (Latin script)
𑀲𑁄 (Brahmi script)
सो (Devanagari script)
সো (Bengali script)
සො (Sinhalese script)
သေႃ (Burmese script)
โส (Thai script)
ᩈᩮᩣ (Tai Tham script)
ໂສ (Lao script)
សោ (Khmer script)
𑄥𑄮 (Chakma script)

Pronoun edit

သော (m)

Burmese script form of so, which is nominative singular of တ (ta, “"he, it"”)

Adjective edit

သော

Burmese script form of so, which is nominative singular masculine of တ (ta, “"that"”)

References edit

Mason, Francis (1868) A Pali Grammar on the Basis of Kachchayano, with Chrestomathy and Vocabulary‎^[1], Toungoo: Institute Press, page 49