ဆိတ်
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ဆိတ်
Burmese
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sʰeɪʔ/
- Romanization: MLCTS: hcit • ALA-LC: chitʻ • BGN/PCGN: hseik • Okell: hseiʔ
- Homophone: ဆိပ် (hcip)
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Etymology 1
From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *r-tsit. Cognate with Lashi choyt, Nuosu ꍶ (chyt, “goat”), Japhug tsʰɤt (“goat”), Naxi ceel (“goat”), Drung vchit (“goat”).
Noun
ဆိတ် • (hcit)
- goat (animal)
Derived terms
See also
- (Chinese zodiac signs) တရုတ်ဆယ့်နှစ်ရာသီခွင် (ta.ruthcai.hnacrasihkwang); ကြွက် (krwak, “Mouse”), နွား (nwa:, “Cow”), ကျား (kya:, “Tiger”), ယုန် (yun, “Rabbit”), နဂါး (na.ga:, “Dragon”), မြွေ (mrwe, “Snake”), မြင်း (mrang:, “Horse”), ဆိတ် (hcit, “Sheep”), မျောက် (myauk, “Monkey”), ကြက် (krak, “Rooster”), ခွေး (hkwe:, “Dog”), ဝက် (wak, “Pig”) (Category: my:Chinese zodiac signs)
Etymology 2
Verb
ဆိတ် • (hcit)
- to pinch (squeeze a small amount of skin)
References
- “ဆိတ် 1 ‘goat’” in The Judson Burmese–English Dictionary (Rangoon: American Baptist Mission Press 1921), page 406.
- “ဆိတ် 3 ‘pinch’” in The Judson Burmese–English Dictionary (Rangoon: American Baptist Mission Press 1921), page 407.
- “ဆိတ်” in Myanmar–English Dictionary (Myanmar Language Commission 1993). Searchable online at SEAlang.net.