According to MED, at least partially a Sanskrit borrowing, though the notation is unclear. Perhaps from သက် (sak, “life, breath”) + က (ka.) + ရာဇ (raja., “king”), the final component of Indic origin.

• Phonetic respellings: သက်က'*ရစ်, သက်က'ရစ်
• IPA^(key): /θɛʔkəɹɪʔ/, /θɛʔkəjɪʔ/
• Romanization: MLCTS: sakka.raj • ALA-LC: sakkarājʻ • BGN/PCGN: thetkărit/thetkăyit • Okell: theʔkăriʔ/theʔkăyiʔ

သက္ကရာဇ် • (sakka.raj)

1. era
2. year
3. the present Myanmar Era (reckoned from the time Lord Buddha attained nirvana in 544 BC, but which incorporates the ဒေါဒောရသ (dau:dau:ra.sa.) and ခဆပဉ္စ (hka.hca.panyca.)modifications which eliminated 622 and 560 years respectively from it, so that in effect it can be said to have been reckoned from 638 AD to the present)

• သာသနာနှစ် (sasa.nahnac)

• “သက္ကရာဇ်” in Myanmar–English Dictionary (Myanmar Language Commission 1993). Searchable online at SEAlang.net.

• IPA^(key): /sak̚.ka.rat̚/

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သက္ကရာဇ် (sakkarāj)

1. era.
2. year.

• သက္ကရာဇ်သာသနာ