အစိုးရ

Burmese

Etymology

အ- (a.-) +‎ စိုး (cui:, “to rule”) +‎ ရ (ra., “to possess”)

Pronunciation

• Phonetic respelling: အ'စိုးရ
• IPA^(key): /ʔəsója̰/
• Romanization: MLCTS: a.cui:ra. • ALA-LC: ʼacuiʺra • BGN/PCGN: ăso:ya. • Okell: ăsoùyá

Noun

အစိုးရ • (a.cui:ra.)

1. government

Descendants

• → Shan: ဢၸူဝ်းယႃႉ (ʼǎ tsó yâ̰a)
• → Jingpho: ăsuya
• → Mon: အစဵုယျ

Further reading

• “အစိုးရ” in The Judson Burmese–English Dictionary (Rangoon: American Baptist Mission Press 1921), page 37.
• “အစိုးရ” in Myanmar–English Dictionary (Myanmar Language Commission 1993). Searchable online at SEAlang.net.