ယခု

Burmese

Pronunciation

Phonetic respelling: ယ'ခု
IPA^(key): /jəkʰṵ/
Romanization: MLCTS: ya.hku. • ALA-LC: yakhu • BGN/PCGN: yăhku. • Okell: yăhkú

Noun

ယခု • (ya.hku.)

the present^[1]
ယခုလက်ရှိ ― ya.hku.lakhri. ― current^[1]

ယခုအခါ ― ya.hku.a.hka ― the present^[1]

ယခုအခါတွင် ― ya.hku.a.hka-twang ― nowadays, today^[1]

ယခုအချိန်တွင် ― ya.hku.a.hkyintwang ― currently^[1]

Derived terms

(Adverbs)

ယခုတွင် (ya.hku.twang)

Adverb

ယခု • (ya.hku.)

now; at present^[1]

Usage notes

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

Synonyms

အခု (a.hku.) (informal, colloquial)

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 ^1.4 ^1.5 Ōno, Tōru (2000) ビルマ(ミャンマー)語辞典 [Burmese dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Daigakushorin, →ISBN, page 547

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

[to-1] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 ^1.4 ^1.5 Ōno, Tōru (2000) ビルマ(ミャンマー)語辞典 [Burmese dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Daigakushorin, →ISBN, page 547

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