အရီး

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Burmese

Etymology

Compare with Chinese 阿姨 (āyí, aunt; mother's sister), though the nature of the relationship, if cognate, is unclear.

Pronunciation

  • Phonetic respelling: အ'ရီး
  • IPA(key): /ʔəjí/
  • Romanization: MLCTS: a.ri: • ALA-LC: ʼarīʺ • BGN/PCGN: ăyi: • Okell: ăyì

Noun

အရီး (a.ri:)

  1. paternal aunt
  2. uncle's wife

Derived terms

Further reading

Tavoyan

Noun

အရီး (transliteration needed)

  1. (honorific) form of address for older men; sir