ကြယ်

See also: ကျယ်

Burmese

Etymology

Cognate with Yao'an Lolopo gie (“star”), Naxi geeq (“star”), Japhug ʑŋgri (“star”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /t͡ɕɛ̀/

Romanization: MLCTS: krai • ALA-LC: krayʻ • BGN/PCGN: kyè • Okell: ce
Homophone: ကျယ် (kyai)

Noun

ကြယ် • (krai)

star (luminous celestial body)[1][2]
Synonym: ကြည် (krany)

Derived terms

(Nouns)

ကြယ်ငါး (krai-nga:)
ကြယ်တံခွန် (kraitamhkwan)
ကြယ်နီ (kraini)
ကြယ်ပျံ (krai-pyam)
ကြယ်ပွင့် (krai-pwang.)
ကြယ်မိကျောင်း (kraimi.kyaung:)
ကြယ်သီး (kraisi:)
ခုနစ်စဉ်ကြယ် (hku.naccanykrai)

Proper noun

ကြယ် • (krai)

a unisex given name

References

“ကြယ်” in The Judson Burmese–English Dictionary (Rangoon: American Baptist Mission Press 1921), page 231.
Ōno, Tōru (2000) ビルマ(ミャンマー)語辞典 [Burmese dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Daigakushorin, →ISBN, page 53

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