ရဲသား

Burmese

Etymology

ရဲ (rai:, “police”) +‎ -သား (-sa:, “son, male member”).

Pronunciation

• Phonetic respelling: ရဲ+သား
• IPA^(key): /jɛ́ðá/
• Romanization: MLCTS: rai:sa: • ALA-LC: raisāʺ • BGN/PCGN: yè:dha: • Okell: yèthà

Noun

ရဲသား • (rai:sa:)

1. male police officer, policeman

Coordinate terms

• ရဲမေ (rai:me, “policewoman”)

Further reading

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