zayat
English
Etymology
From Burmese ဇရပ် (ja.rap).
Noun
zayat (plural zayats)
- 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.
- 1855, Emily Chubbuck Judson, Memoir of Sarah B. Judson: member of the American mission to Burmah (page 16)