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Etymology edit

From Burmese ဇရပ် (ja.rap).

Noun edit

zayat (plural zayats)

 
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  1. A building in Burma used for meetings and religious assemblies and to give shelter to travellers.
    • 1855, Emily Chubbuck Judson, Memoir of Sarah B. Judson: member of the American mission to Burmah, page 16:
      There are always several zayats in the neighborhood of a kyoung, to which the devotees of Boodh resort to listen to their priests.