စားစရာ

Burmese

Etymology

စား (ca:, “eat”) +‎ စရာ (ca.ra, “verbal noun suffix”).

Pronunciation

• Phonetic respelling: စားဇ'ရာ
• IPA^(key): /sázəjà/
• Romanization: MLCTS: ca:ca.ra • ALA-LC: cāʺcarā • BGN/PCGN: sa:zăya • Okell: sàsăya

Noun

စားစရာ • (ca:ca.ra)

1. food (any substance consumed by living organisms to sustain life)

Further reading

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