ဆင်းရဲ

Burmese

Etymology

According to MED, from an Old Burmese ဆိုဝ် (of apparently unclear origin) + Pali niraya (“hell (lit. "going down")”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sʰɪ́ɴjɛ́/
  • Romanization: MLCTS: hcang:rai: • ALA-LC: chaṅʻʺrai • BGN/PCGN: hsin:yè: • Okell: hsìñyè

Verb

ဆင်းရဲ • (hcang:rai:)

  1. to be poor
  2. to be miserable

Derived terms

  • ဆင်းရဲတွင်းနက် (hcang:rai:twang:nak)
  • ဆင်းရဲသား (hcang:rai:sa:)
  • မရှိဆင်းရဲ (ma.hri.hcang:rai:)
  • လူဆင်းရဲ (luhcang:rai:)
  • ဝဋ်ဆင်းရဲ (wathcang:rai:)
  • သူဆင်းရဲ (suhcang:rai:)

Descendants

  • → Shan: သၢင်းရႄး (sáang ráae)

Further reading

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