ရာ

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Burmese

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s/k-ra (“place”); cognate with Old Chinese 所 (OC *sqʰraʔ, “place”) (STEDT).

Verb

ရာ • (ra)

  1. to be suitable, proper; to deserve; to be worthy of

Noun

ရာ • (ra)

  1. place

Particle

ရာ • (ra)

  1. word affixed to verb to denote possibility, obligation

Conjunction

ရာ • (ra)

  1. while

Derived terms

Etymology 2

Inherited from Old Burmese ရျာ (rya); from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *b-r-gja (“hundred”) (STEDT).

Numeral

ရာ • (ra) (digit ၁၀၀)

  1. hundred
    Synonym: တစ်ရာ (tacra)
Usage notes

When preceded by another number, it can be used without a numerical classifier, e.g. ကျပ် နှစ်ရာ (kyap hnacra, “two hundred kyats”).

Derived terms

Further reading

  • “ရာ” in Myanmar–English Dictionary (Myanmar Language Commission 1993). Searchable online at SEAlang.net.
  • Hill, Nathan W. "Evolution of the Burmese vowel system." Transactions of the Philological Society 110.1 (2012): 64-79.

Mon

Etymology

Borrowed from Burmese အရာ (a.ra).

Pronunciation

Noun

ရာ (rɛ̀a)

  1. thing, place

References

  • Shorto, H.L. (1962) A Dictionary of Modern Spoken Mon‎, London: Oxford University Press. Searchable online at SEAlang.net.

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

Noun

ရာ

  1. Burmese script form of rā, ablative singular of ရ (ra, “the Pali letter 'r'”)
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