အရသာ

Burmese

Etymology

အ- (a.-) +‎ ရသာ (ra.sa); the latter is from Pali rasa (“juice; taste; sense; pleasure”), from Sanskrit रस (rasa). Compare Malay rasa. Doublet of ရသာ (ra.sa).

Pronunciation

• Phonetic respelling: အ'ရ+သာ
• IPA^(key): /ʔəja̰ðà/
• Romanization: MLCTS: a.ra.sa • ALA-LC: ʼarasā • BGN/PCGN: ăya.dha • Okell: ăyátha

Noun

အရသာ • (a.ra.sa)

1. taste
2. pleasant feeling

Derived terms

• အနှစ်အရသာ (a.hnaca.ra.sa)
• အရသာရှိ (a.ra.sahri.)

 

Descendants

• → Shan: ဢရႃႉသႃႇ (ʼǎ râ̰a sàa)

See also

• (tastes) အရသာ (a.ra.sa); ခါး (hka:, “bitter”), ငန် (ngan, “salty”), ချဉ် (hkyany, “sour”), ချို (hkyui, “sweet”) ^{(Category: my:Taste)}

References

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