ဖြစ်

Burmese

Etymology

Inherited from Old Burmese ဖ္လစ် (phlac)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pʰjɪʔ/
• Romanization: MLCTS: hprac • ALA-LC: phracʻ • BGN/PCGN: hpyit • Okell: hpyiʔ

Usage notes

The combination ဖြစ်ယင် (hpracyang, “if (it) is so”) may colloquially be pronounced /pʰjɪ̰ɴ/.

Verb

ဖြစ် • (hprac)

1. to be
2. to become

Derived terms

• ဖြစ်ခြင်း (hprachkrang:)
• အဖြစ် (a.hprac)

 

References

• “ဖြစ်” in Myanmar–English Dictionary (Myanmar Language Commission 1993). Searchable online at SEAlang.net.
• Okell, John (1969) A Reference Grammar of Colloquial Burmese, London: Oxford University Press, page 21
• 1999 March 15, 義郎 西, ヨシオ ニシ, Yoshio Nishi, “Old Burmese : Toward the History of Burmese”, in 国立民族学博物館研究報告‎^[1], volume 23, number 3, →DOI, →ISSN, pages 659–692: