အပြာ

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Burmese

Etymology

အ- (a.-, “nominal prefix”) +‎ ပြာ (pra, “blue”).

The "pornographic" sense is a semantic loan from English blue.

Pronunciation

  • Phonetic respelling: အ'ပြာ
  • IPA(key): /ʔəpjà/
  • Romanization: MLCTS: a.pra • ALA-LC: ʼaprā • BGN/PCGN: ăpya • Okell: ăpya

Noun

အပြာ • (a.pra)

  1. blue (color)

Adjective

အပြာ • (a.pra)

  1. (colloquial) pornographic

Derived terms

See also

Colors in Burmese · အရောင် (a.raung) (layout · text)
     ဖြူ (hpru)      မီးခိုး (mi:hkui:)      မည်း (many:)
             နီ (ni); ကြက်သွေး (krakswe:)              လိမ္မော် (limmau); ညို (nyui)              ဝါ (wa); နို့နှစ် (nui.hnac)
             စိမ်းဝါ (cim:wa)              စိမ်း (cim:)              စိမ်းဖန့်ဖန့် (cim:hpan.hpan.); စိမ်းပုပ် (cim:pup)
             စိမ်းပြာ (cim:pra); စိမ်းပြာနက် (cim:pranak)              ကြည်ပြာ (kranypra)              ပြာ (pra)
             ခရမ်း (hka.ram:); မဲနယ် (mai:nai)              ပန်းခရမ်း (pan:hka.ram:); ပန်းခရမ်းပြာ (pan:hka.ram:pra)              ပန်း (pan:)

Further reading

  • “အပြာ” in The Judson Burmese–English Dictionary (Rangoon: American Baptist Mission Press 1921), page 73.
  • “အပြာ” in Myanmar–English Dictionary (Myanmar Language Commission 1993). Searchable online at SEAlang.net.
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