ဩရသ

Burmese

Etymology

From Pali orasa.

Pronunciation

• Phonetic respelling: ဩ+ရ'သ
• IPA^(key): /ʔɔ́jəθa̰/
• Romanization: MLCTS: au:ra.sa. • ALA-LC: orasa • BGN/PCGN: aw:yătha. • Okell: òyăthá

Noun

ဩရသ • (au:ra.sa.)

1. one's own offspring
2. (colloquial) eldest son or daughter

Synonyms

• ရင်သွေး (rangswe:)
• ရင်နှစ်သည်းချာ (ranghnacsany:hkya)

Derived terms

• သားကြီးဩရသ (sa:kri:au:ra.sa.)

 

References

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