ယောဇနာ

Burmese

Etymology

Borrowing from Pali yojanā (“exegesis, interpretation”), from Sanskrit योजना (yojanā, “application of the sense of a passage, grammatical construction”), from योजन (yójana, “act of joining”), from the root युज् (yuj), युग् (yug, “to join”) (compare युनक्ति (yunákti, “to join”)), from Proto-Indo-European *yewg- (“to join”).

Pronunciation

• Phonetic respelling: ယောဇ'နာ
• IPA^(key): /jɔ́zənà/
• Romanization: MLCTS: yau:ja.na • ALA-LC: yojanā • BGN/PCGN: yaw:zăna • Okell: yòzăna

Noun

ယောဇနာ • (yau:ja.na)

1. translation

Verb

ယောဇနာ • (yau:ja.na)

1. to translate

Further reading

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