စာ
Burmese
editPronunciation
edit- IPA(key): /sà/
- Romanization: MLCTS: ca • ALA-LC: cā • BGN/PCGN: sa • Okell: sa
Etymology 1
editFrom Proto-Sino-Tibetan *tsa ~ za (though this is not mentioned by STEDT). Cognate with သား (sa:, “son, child”), စာ (ca, “to sympathise with; to be considerate to; to have consideration for”). Compare Chinese 子 (zǐ, “child”), 字 (zì, “to bear; to give birth; to breed; to love; Chinese character”); see 字 (zì) for more.
Noun
editစာ • (ca) (classifier ရွက် or လုံး or ပုဒ်)
- writing
- letter (written or printed communication)
- (in compounds) written language
- ဗမာစာ/မြန်မာစာ ― ba.maca/mranmaca ― (written) Burmese
- အင်္ဂလိပ်စာ ― angga.lipca ― (written) English
Derived terms
edit- ကျမ်းစာ (kyam:ca)
- ကျိန်စာ (kyinca)
- စာစီ (caci)
- စာစောင် (cacaung)
- စာဆို (cahcui)
- စာတည်း (catany:)
- စာတန်း (catan:)
- စာတိုက် (catuik)
- စာပြင် (ca-prang)
- စာပြု (ca-pru.)
- စာပြောင် (ca-praung)
- စာပုံး (capum:)
- စာပေ (cape)
- စာဖတ် (cahpat)
- စာမျက်နှာ (ca-myakhna)
- စာမေးပွဲ (came:pwai:)
- စာရင်း (carang:)
- စာရွက် (carwak)
- စာရေး (care:)
- စာလုံး (calum:)
- စာသင် (casang)
- စာသွား (caswa:)
- စာသိ (casi.)
- စာသေ (case)
- စာဟန် (cahan)
- စာအိတ် (cait)
- စာအုပ် (caup)
- ဖတ်စာ (hpatca)
- လိပ်စာ (lipca)
- ဝှက်စာ (hwakca)
- သတင်းစာ (sa.tang:ca)
- သရော်စာ (sa.rauca)
- အိမ်စာ (imca)
- အိမ်စာ (imca)
Etymology 2
editInherited from Proto-Tibeto-Burman *m-tsa (“sparrow”). Compare Old Chinese 雀 (OC *ʔsewɢ, “sparrow”) and 鵲 (OC *sʰaɡ, “magpie”) (STEDT).
The "shrill" sense is likely a semantic extension of the "sparrow" sense, via "to chirp like a sparrow" > "to be shrill" (supported by MED), though this is disputed (based on STEDT not linking the entry "ca 'shrill ( obs. )'" to the root page).
Noun
editစာ • (ca)
Verb
editစာ • (ca)
Derived terms
edit- စာခြောက်ရုပ် (cahkrauk-rup, “scarecrow”)
- စာဘူးတောင်း (cabhu:taung:, “weaver bird or its nest”)
- ညံစာစာ (nyamcaca, “stridently, noisily”)
- အိမ်စာ (imca, “house sparrow”)
Further reading
edit- “စာ” in Myanmar–English Dictionary (Myanmar Language Commission 1993). Searchable online at SEAlang.net.
Pa'o Karen
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Karen *caᴬ (“sell”). Cognate with S'gaw Karen ဆါ (hsah).
Verb
editစာ (cà)
- to sell
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