ဆာ

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Burmese

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.
Particularly: “Not mentioned by STEDT or Luce 1981. Perhaps the same origin as the "hungry" sense in Etymology 3, this time invoking the Proto-Sino-Tibetan root's "hurt, ill" sense.”

Verb

ဆာ • (hca)

  1. (of limbs) to be limp or be impaired
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English Sir.

Noun

ဆာ • (hca)

  1. Sir (title)

Etymology 3

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *tsa-t ~ dza-t (“hot; fever; hurt; ill; hungry”). Cognate with Mizo (sá-I, “hot (as fire, water, etc.)”), Tibetan ཚ (tsha, “hot, intense”), Old Chinese 災 (OC *ʔslɯː, “disaster, calamity”) (STEDT).

Verb

ဆာ • (hca)

  1. to be hungry, be thirsty
  2. (figuratively) to hunger for, pine for
Derived terms

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