သော

See also: သော့

Burmese

Etymology

Borrowed from Pali so

Pronunciation

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

Noun

သော • (sau:)

1. joke

Particle

သော • (sau:)

1. (literary) particle suffixed to a word to form an adjective

   Synonyms: (formal, literary) သည့် (sany.), (informal, colloquial) တဲ့ (tai.)

2. sentence final marker, emphasising a wish expressed

Usage notes

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

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

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• 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

သော (m)

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

Adjective

သော

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

References

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