သော
See also: သော့
Burmese
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /θɔ́/
- Romanization: MLCTS: sau: • ALA-LC: so • BGN/PCGN: thaw: • Okell: thò
Noun
သော • (sau:)
- joke
Particle
သော • (sau:)
- (literary) particle suffixed to a word to form an adjective
- Synonyms: (formal, literary) သည့် (sany.), (informal, colloquial) တဲ့ (tai.)
- sentence final marker, emphasising a wish expressed
Usage notes
Burmese is a diglossic language. This construct is used in the formal, literary (written) register. See synonyms for the informal, colloquial (spoken) equivalent form(s).
References
- “သော” in Myanmar–English Dictionary (Myanmar Language Commission 1993). Searchable online at SEAlang.net.
Pali
Alternative forms
Alternative forms
- so (Latin script)
- 𑀲𑁄 (Brahmi script)
- सो (Devanagari script)
- সো (Bengali script)
- සො (Sinhalese script)
- သေႃ (Burmese script)
- โส (Thai script)
- ᩈᩮᩣ (Tai Tham script)
- ໂສ (Lao script)
- សោ (Khmer script)
- 𑄥𑄮 (Chakma script)
Pronoun
သော (m)
- Burmese script form of so, which is nominative singular of တ (ta, “"he, it"”)
Adjective
သော
- Burmese script form of so, which is nominative singular masculine of တ (ta, “"that"”)
References
- Mason, Francis (1868) A Pali Grammar on the Basis of Kachchayano, with Chrestomathy and Vocabulary, Toungoo: Institute Press, page 49