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Burmese
Etymology
Inherited from Old Burmese က္လဉ်ဇော (klañjo). According to the Myanmar-English Dictionary, the word is derived either from Pali kataññutā (“gratitude”) or Sanskrit कृतज्ञता (kṛtajñatā, “gratitude”), though this is phonetically unlikely. Another theory by Luce compares the word to Old Chinese 與 (OC *la, *laʔ, *las, “to acknowledge”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /t͡ɕézú/
- Romanization: MLCTS: kye:ju: • ALA-LC: kyeʺjūʺ • BGN/PCGN: kye:zu: • Okell: ceìzù
Noun
ကျေးဇူး • (kye:ju:)
- gratitude
Derived terms
Descendants
References
- ^ Luce, G. H. (1981) “-U Finals (17. Favours remembered; Gratitude; Grace)”, in A Comparative Word-List of Old Burmese, Chinese and Tibetan, London: School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, →ISBN, page 32
Further reading
- “ကျေးဇူး” in Myanmar–English Dictionary (Myanmar Language Commission 1993). Searchable online at SEAlang.net.
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, volume 23, number 3, →DOI, →ISSN, pages 659–692: