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ရဲ

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Burmese

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Etymology

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From Proto-Tibeto-Burman *s-(r/y/w)ay (bold, heroic). Cognate with Mizo [Term?] (huāi, bold, daring) (STEDT). Luce additionally adduces Old Chinese (OC *red, “ardent, fiery”) as a cognate.[1] This is semantically appealing, though the final in the Old Chinese reconstruction does not seem to match.

The senses of "brave", "bright red", "rampant", and "police" are all grouped together by MED.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /jɛ́/
  • Romanization: MLCTS: rai: • ALA-LC: rai • BGN/PCGN: yè: • Okell:
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Noun

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ရဲ (rai:)

  1. police

Adjective

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ရဲ (rai:)

  1. bright red
  2. brave, daring
  3. rampant

Verb

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ရဲ (rai:)

  1. to be rampant

Derived terms

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Particle

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ရဲ (rai:)

  1. particle suffixed to verbs to denote the sense of having the courage to do something

Proper noun

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ရဲ (rai:)

  1. a male given name

References

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  1. ^ Luce, G. H. (1981) “-AY Finals (39. Fiery; Brave; Bold; Wild)”, in A Comparative Word-List of Old Burmese, Chinese and Tibetan[1], London: School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, →ISBN

Further reading

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Mon

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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ရဲ (roa)

  1. A friend.