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:)

  1. table (of data), tabular form, chart
    အချိန်ဇယားa.hkyinja.ya:(please add an English translation of this usage example)
    ဇယားအင်းစောက်ja.ya:ang:cauk(please add an English translation of this usage example)
  2. system and order
    ဇယားကျေja.ya:kye(please add an English translation of this usage example)
    ဇယားရှုပ်ja.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:)

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