ဇယား
Burmese
Etymology
Borrowed from Sanskrit ज्या (jyā, “bowstring, sine”), perhaps due to line charts resembling bowstrings.
Pronunciation
- Phonetic respelling: ဇ'ယား
- IPA(key): /zəjá/
- Romanization: MLCTS: ja.ya: • ALA-LC: jayāʺ • BGN/PCGN: zăya: • Okell: zăyà
Noun
ဇယား • (ja.ya:)
- table (of data), tabular form, chart
- အချိန်ဇယား ― a.hkyinja.ya: ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
- ဇယားအင်းစောက် ― ja.ya:ang:cauk ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
- system and order
- ဇယားကျေ ― ja.ya:kye ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
- ဇယားရှုပ် ― ja.ya:hrup ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
Derived terms
- ဇယားကျ (ja.ya:kya.)
- ဇယားကျေ (ja.ya:kye)
- ဇယားကြီး (ja.ya:kri:)
- ဇယားကွက် (ja.ya:kwak)
- ဇယားကိုက် (ja.ya:kuik)
- ဇယားချ (ja.ya:hkya.)
- ဇယားတန့် (ja.ya:tan.)
- ဇယားရှုပ် (ja.ya:hrup)
- အချိန်ဇယား (a.hkyinja.ya:)
Further reading
- “ဇယား” in Myanmar–English Dictionary (Myanmar Language Commission 1993). Searchable online at SEAlang.net.