သာ

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Burmese

Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *g-sal (“clear, bright, pleasant”). Cognate with Tibetan སལ་བ། (sal ba, “clear, distinct, bright”), Old Chinese 粲 (OC *sʰaːns, “bright, splendid”), 燦 (OC *sʰaːns, “bright, lustrous”) (STEDT).

Pronunciation

  • Phonetic respelling: သာ
  • IPA(key): /θà/
  • Romanization: MLCTS: sa • ALA-LC: sā • BGN/PCGN: tha • Okell: tha

Adjective

သာ • (sa)

  1. clear, pleasant (of voice, tone, sound, etc.)

Verb

သာ • (sa)

  1. to exceed, excel
  2. to be peaceful, pleasant
  3. to shine

Suffix

သာ • (sa)

  1. particle suffixed to a verb to denote feasibility or possibility
  2. particle suffixed to a noun to convey a sense of limitation: just, only
  3. particle suffixed to a post-positional marker to convey a sense of definitiveness

Derived terms

Further reading

Mon

Etymology

Borrowed from Burmese သာ (sa).

Pronunciation

Verb

သာ (sā)

  1. to exceed
  2. to be pleasant

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

Adjective

သာ

  1. Burmese script form of sā, which is nominative singular feminine of တ (ta, “that”)

Pronoun

သာ

  1. Burmese script form of sā, which is nominative singular of တာ (tā, “she, it”)

Noun

သာ

  1. Burmese script form of sā, which is nominative singular of သန် (san, “dog”)
  2. Burmese script form of sā, which is nominative/vocative plural of သန် (san, “dog”)
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