သော

See also: သော့

Burmese

Etymology

Borrowed from Pali so

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /θɔ́/
Romanization: MLCTS: sau: • ALA-LC: so • BGN/PCGN: thaw: • Okell: thò

Noun

သော • (sau:)

joke

Particle

သော • (sau:)

(literary) particle suffixed to a word to form an adjective
Synonyms: (formal, literary) သည့် (sany.), (informal, colloquial) တဲ့ (tai.)
sentence final marker, emphasising a wish expressed

Usage notes

Burmese is a diglossic language. This construct is used in the formal, literary (written) register. See synonyms for the informal, colloquial (spoken) equivalent form(s).

References

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

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

so (Latin script)
𑀲𑁄 (Brahmi script)
सो (Devanagari script)
সো (Bengali script)
සො (Sinhalese script)
သေႃ (Burmese script)
โส (Thai script)
ᩈᩮᩣ (Tai Tham script)
ໂສ (Lao script)
សោ (Khmer script)
𑄥𑄮 (Chakma script)

Pronoun

သော (m)

Burmese script form of so, which is nominative singular of တ (ta, “"he, it"”)

Adjective

သော

Burmese script form of so, which is nominative singular masculine of တ (ta, “"that"”)

References

Mason, Francis (1868) A Pali Grammar on the Basis of Kachchayano, with Chrestomathy and Vocabulary‎^[1], Toungoo: Institute Press, page 49