ဝသန်

Burmese

Etymology

Borrowed from Pali vasanta. Cognate with Thai วสันต์ (wá-sǎn). Doublet of ဝသန္တ (wa.santa.).

Pronunciation

  • Phonetic respelling: ဝ'သန်
  • IPA(key): /wəθàɴ/
  • Romanization: MLCTS: wa.san • ALA-LC: vasanʻ • BGN/PCGN: wăthan • Okell: wăthañ

Noun

ဝသန် • (wa.san)

  1. rainy season
  2. (elegant, poetic) spring
  3. beginning of summer

Synonyms

See also

Seasons in Burmese · ရာသီ (rasi) (layout · text) · category
နွေဦး (nweu:, spring) ဝသန္တ (wa.santa., spring) နွေ (nwe, summer) ဂိမှာန် (gi.hman, summer) ဆောင်းဦး (hcaung:u:, autumn) ဆောင်း (hcaung:, winter) ဟေမန္တ (hemanta., winter)

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