အစိုးရ
Burmese
Etymology
အ- (a.-) + စိုး (cui:, “to rule”) + ရ (ra., “to possess”)
Pronunciation
- Phonetic respelling: အ'စိုးရ
- IPA(key): /ʔəsója̰/
- Romanization: MLCTS: a.cui:ra. • ALA-LC: ʼacuiʺra • BGN/PCGN: ăso:ya. • Okell: ăsoùyá
Noun
အစိုးရ • (a.cui:ra.)
- government
Descendants
- → Shan: ဢၸူဝ်းယႃႉ (ʼǎ tsó yâ̰a)
- → Jingpho: ăsuya
- → Mon: အစဵုယျ
Further reading
- “အစိုးရ” in The Judson Burmese–English Dictionary (Rangoon: American Baptist Mission Press 1921), page 37.
- “အစိုးရ” in Myanmar–English Dictionary (Myanmar Language Commission 1993). Searchable online at SEAlang.net.