အစိုးရ

Burmese

Etymology

အ- (a.-) +‎ စိုး (cui:, “to rule”) +‎ ရ (ra., “to possess”)

Pronunciation

Phonetic respelling: အ'စိုးရ
IPA^(key): /ʔəsója̰/
Romanization: MLCTS: a.cui:ra. • ALA-LC: ʼacuiʺra • BGN/PCGN: ăso:ya. • Okell: ăsoùyá

Noun

အစိုးရ • (a.cui:ra.)

government

Descendants

→ Shan: ဢၸူဝ်းယႃႉ (ʼǎ tsó yâ̰a)
→ Jingpho: ăsuya
→ Mon: အစဵုယျ

Further reading

“အစိုးရ” in The Judson Burmese–English Dictionary (Rangoon: American Baptist Mission Press 1921), page 37.
“အစိုးရ” in Myanmar–English Dictionary (Myanmar Language Commission 1993). Searchable online at SEAlang.net.

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