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သာ

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Burmese

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Etymology

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From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *g-sal (“clear, bright, pleasant”). Cognate with Tibetan སལ་བ། (sal ba, “clear, distinct, bright”), Old Chinese 粲 (OC *sʰaːns, “bright, splendid”), 燦 (OC *sʰaːns, “bright, lustrous”) (STEDT).

Pronunciation

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  • Phonetic respelling: သာ
  • IPA(key): /θà/
  • Romanization: MLCTS: sa • ALA-LC: sā • BGN/PCGN: tha • Okell: tha

Adjective

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သာ • (sa)

  1. clear, pleasant (of voice, tone, sound, etc.)

Verb

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သာ • (sa)

  1. to exceed, excel
  2. to be peaceful, pleasant
  3. to shine

Suffix

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သာ • (sa)

  1. particle suffixed to a verb to denote feasibility or possibility
  2. particle suffixed to a noun to convey a sense of limitation: just, only
  3. particle suffixed to a post-positional marker to convey a sense of definitiveness

Derived terms

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Further reading

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Mon

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Burmese သာ (sa).

Pronunciation

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Verb

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သာ (sā)

  1. to exceed
  2. to be pleasant

References

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Pali

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Alternative forms

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Alternative scripts

Adjective

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သာ

  1. Burmese script form of sā, which is nominative singular feminine of တ (ta, “that”)

Pronoun

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သာ

  1. Burmese script form of sā, which is nominative singular of တာ (tā, “she, it”)

Noun

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သာ

  1. Burmese script form of sā, which is nominative singular of သန် (san, “dog”)
  2. Burmese script form of sā, which is nominative/vocative plural of သန် (san, “dog”)
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