သူဌေး

Burmese

Etymology

Borrowed from Pali seṭṭhi (“treasurer”), from Sanskrit श्रेष्ठीन् (śreṣṭhīn); see श्रेष्ठ (śréṣṭha, “most splendid”) for more. Indigenized as သူ- (su-, “-er”) +‎ ဌေး (hte:, “wealthy”). Doublet of ချစ်တီး (hkyacti:).

Pronunciation

  • Phonetic respelling: သူ'ဌေး
  • IPA(key): /θətʰé/
  • Romanization: MLCTS: suhte: • ALA-LC: sūṭheʺ • BGN/PCGN: thăhte: • Okell: thăhteì

Noun

သူဌေး • (suhte:)

  1. wealthy person
  2. (slang, informal) boss, employer

Synonyms

  • ကြေးရတတ် (kre:ra.tat)
  • လူချမ်းသာ (luhkyam:sa)
  • သူကြွယ် (su-krwai)
  • ဥစ္စာရှင် (uccahrang)

Descendants

  • → Jingpho: săhti
  • → Shan: သထေး (sǎ thée)

Further reading

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