အရီး

Compare with Chinese 阿姨 (āyí, “aunt; mother's sister”), though the nature of the relationship, if cognate, is unclear.

• Phonetic respelling: အ'ရီး
• IPA^(key): /ʔəjí/
• Romanization: MLCTS: a.ri: • ALA-LC: ʼarīʺ • BGN/PCGN: ăyi: • Okell: ăyì

အရီး • (a.ri:)

1. paternal aunt
2. uncle's wife

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

အရီး (transliteration needed)

1. (honorific) form of address for older men; sir