ထင်ရှား

Burmese

Etymology

ထင် (htang, “to be visible”) +‎ ရှား (hra:, “rare, expensive”).

The "pine tree" sense, though grouped with the verbal senses by MED, appears to be etymologically distinct; see ထင်း (htang:, “firewood”) for more.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tʰɪ̀ɴʃá/
  • Romanization: MLCTS: htanghra: • ALA-LC: thaṅʻrhāʺ • BGN/PCGN: htinsha: • Okell: htiñhyà

Verb

ထင်ရှား • (htanghra:)

  1. to be visible distinctly
  2. to be well-known
  3. to be evident, conspicuous

Noun

ထင်ရှား • (htanghra:)

  1. (archaic) pine tree

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Further reading

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