ဇယား

Burmese

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit ज्या (jyā, “bowstring, sine”), perhaps due to line charts resembling bowstrings.

Pronunciation

• Phonetic respelling: ဇ'ယား
• IPA^(key): /zəjá/
• Romanization: MLCTS: ja.ya: • ALA-LC: jayāʺ • BGN/PCGN: zăya: • Okell: zăyà

Noun

ဇယား • (ja.ya:)

1. table (of data), tabular form, chart

   အချိန်ဇယား ― a.hkyinja.ya: ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

   ဇယားအင်းစောက် ― ja.ya:ang:cauk ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

2. system and order

   ဇယားကျေ ― ja.ya:kye ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

   ဇယားရှုပ် ― ja.ya:hrup ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Derived terms

• ဇယားကျ (ja.ya:kya.)
• ဇယားကျေ (ja.ya:kye)
• ဇယားကြီး (ja.ya:kri:)
• ဇယားကွက် (ja.ya:kwak)
• ဇယားကိုက် (ja.ya:kuik)
• ဇယားချ (ja.ya:hkya.)
• ဇယားတန့် (ja.ya:tan.)
• ဇယားရှုပ် (ja.ya:hrup)
• အချိန်ဇယား (a.hkyinja.ya:)

Further reading

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