အရာ

Burmese

Etymology

အ- (a.-) +‎ ရာ (ra)

Pronunciation

• Phonetic respelling: အ'ရာ
• IPA^(key): /ʔəjà/
• Romanization: MLCTS: a.ra • ALA-LC: ʼarā • BGN/PCGN: ăya • Okell: ăya

Noun

အရာ • (a.ra)

1. line; mark; track; impression
2. thing; object
3. business; concern
4. position; status
5. rank; office
6. hundreds

Descendants

• → Shan: ဢယႃႇ (ʼǎ yàa)
• → Shan: ဢရႃႇ (ʼǎ ràa)
• → Mon: အရာ

References

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

Mon

Etymology

Borrowed from Burmese အရာ (a.ra).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ərɛ̀a/

Noun

အရာ (ərɛ̀a)

1. thing, matter

References

• Shorto, H.L. (1962) A Dictionary of Modern Spoken Mon‎^[1], London: Oxford University Press. Searchable online at SEAlang.net.