အစား

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Burmese

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Etymology

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အ- (a.-, nominal prefix) +‎ စား (ca:, to eat)

Pronunciation

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  • Phonetic respelling: အ'စား
  • IPA(key): /ʔəsá/
  • Romanization: MLCTS: a.ca: • ALA-LC: ʼacāʺ • BGN/PCGN: ăsa: • Okell: ăsà

Noun

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အစား (a.ca:) (classifier နပ်)

  1. food, eating
  2. kind, class, type
  3. substitute, stand-in, surrogate
  4. (mathematics) division

Synonyms

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Derived terms

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Further reading

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  • အစား 2” in The Judson Burmese–English Dictionary (Rangoon: American Baptist Mission Press 1921), page 33.
  • အစား” in Myanmar–English Dictionary (Myanmar Language Commission 1993). Searchable online at SEAlang.net.