ရက်

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Burmese

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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Inherited from Old Burmese ရျက် (ryak) (Bagan), from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s-r(j)ak (day, full day; overnight) (STEDT). Cognate with Mizo riak, riah (to spend the night), Tibetan ཞག (zhag, day (24 hours)), Nuosu (hxot, night, classifier), Lisu ꓦꓬꓼ (h̃jɑ̱̀, night, classifier), and Chinese (OC *laːɡs, “night”).

Noun

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ရက် (rak)

  1. day (twenty-four hours)
    Synonym: နေ့ (ne.)
Usage notes
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Used in compounds with numerals like a classifier, but without any noun preceding the compound, e.g. လေးရက် (le:rak, four days).

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See also

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Etymology 2

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From Proto-Lolo-Burmese *rak ~ tak/*dak ~ k-rak (LaPolla, 1987), from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *tak ~ dak (to weave, to knit) (Hill, 2019). Cognate with Tibetan འཐག ('thag, to weave) and Chinese (OC *tjɯɡs, *tjɯɡ, “to weave”) (STEDT).

Verb

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ရက် (rak)

  1. to weave
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Etymology 3

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This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.
Particularly: “Unknown. STEDT doesn't give an etymology (rak "quick, violent"), and the term isn't mentioned by Luce 1981.”

Adjective

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ရက် (rak)

  1. (usually in reduplicated form) quick, swift, violent, decisive, bold (of action)

Particle

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ရက် (rak)

  1. particle placed after verbs to denote a lack of consideration

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Etymology 4

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Inherited from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s-rjak (oil, fat, grease). Cognate with Mizo (sa) hriak (oil, grease), Tibetan ཞག (zhag, oil, fat, grease), and Chinese (OC *laːɡ, “liquid, fluid”). Alternatively, from အရက် (a.rak, alcoholic drinks, liquor), from Arabic عَرَق (ʕaraq, arrack, arak, an alcoholic drink).

Noun

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ရက် (rak)

  1. extracted liquid, such as nectar
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