သရဲ

Burmese

Etymology

Probably from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *n-d-raj (“demon; evil spirit; ghost”). Compare with Old Chinese 魑 (OC *r̥ʰel, “demon, mountain ghost”), as well as Mon သရာဲ.

Pronunciation

  • Phonetic respelling: သ'ရဲ
  • IPA(key): /θəjɛ́/
  • Romanization: MLCTS: sa.rai: • ALA-LC: sarai • BGN/PCGN: thăyè: • Okell: thăyè

Noun

သရဲ • (sa.rai:)

  1. ghost

Derived terms

  • ရေသရဲ (resa.rai:)
  • လမ်းသရဲ (lam:sa.rai:)
  • သရဲမရဲစီး (sa.rai:ma.rai:ci:)
  • အံ့ဖွယ်သရဲ (am.hpwaisa.rai:)
  • အံ့အာသရဲ (am.asa.rai:)

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