တရား

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Burmese

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old Burmese တရျာ (trja:).

This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.
Particularly: “Not given etymology by STEDT (tarā: "law"), and not mentioned by Luce 1981. Bears some vague resemblance to Proto-Sino-Tibetan *m-tjak/ŋ ~ tik/ŋ (good, very, real, straight), whence Old Chinese (OC *dɯɡ, “straight”), though if related, the morphological + phonetic development is unclear.”

Pronunciation

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  • Phonetic respelling: တ'ရား
  • IPA(key): /təjá/
  • Romanization: MLCTS: ta.ra: • ALA-LC: tarāʺ • BGN/PCGN: tăya: • Okell: tăyà

Verb

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တရား (ta.ra:)

  1. to be just, be equitable, be fair

Noun

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တရား (ta.ra:)

  1. fairness, equity, justice
  2. moral principles, teachings, sermon
  3. nature of things, nature, law
  4. litigation, lawsuit
  5. (Buddhism) dhamma, part of the Triple Gem (ရတနာသုံးပါး (ra.ta.nasum:pa:)); dharma, the law, the doctrine of Buddha

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Shan: တြႃး (tráa)

Further reading

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