အစား

Burmese

Etymology

အ- (a.-) +‎ စား (ca:, “to eat”)

Pronunciation

• Phonetic respelling: အ'စား
• IPA^(key): /ʔəsá/
• Romanization: MLCTS: a.ca: • ALA-LC: ʼacāʺ • BGN/PCGN: ăsa: • Okell: ăsà

Noun

အစား • (a.ca:) (classifier နပ်)

1. food
2. (mathematics) division

Synonyms

• အစားအစာ (a.ca:a.ca)

Derived terms

• အစားအစာ (a.ca:a.ca)

Further reading

• “အစား 2” in The Judson Burmese–English Dictionary (Rangoon: American Baptist Mission Press 1921), page 33.
• “အစား” in Myanmar–English Dictionary (Myanmar Language Commission 1993). Searchable online at SEAlang.net.