စစ်သား

Burmese

Etymology

စစ် (cac, “war”) +‎ -သား (-sa:, “son”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sɪʔθá/
• Romanization: MLCTS: cacsa: • ALA-LC: cacʻsāʺ • BGN/PCGN: sittha: • Okell: siʔthà

Noun

စစ်သား • (cacsa:)

1. soldier (male)

Synonyms

• စစ်ခွေး (cachkwe:) (perjorative)
• ရဲဘော် (rai:bhau)
• ရဲမက် (rai:mak) (historical)

Coordinate terms

• စစ်သမီး (cacsa.mi:) (female)

Further reading

• “စစ်သား” in Myanmar–English Dictionary (Myanmar Language Commission 1993). Searchable online at SEAlang.net.