ပြတ်

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *brat (“to cut apart, cut open”); compare Old Chinese 別 (OC *pred, *bred, “to divide, distinguish”), Tibetan འདྲད ('drad, “to scratch”) (Hill, 2019).

• IPA^(key): /pjaʔ/
• Romanization: MLCTS: prat • ALA-LC: pratʻ • BGN/PCGN: pyat • Okell: pyaʔ

ပြတ် • (prat)

1. to snap, break, be severed, be cut off
2. (of relations) to end
3. to run short of
4. to come to an end
5. to lose touch, be not in touch with
6. to be disconnected, cut off
7. to have given up, stop (drinking, smoking, etc.)
8. to be few and far between
9. to be decisive
10. to be sharp
11. to appraise

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