ဆာ

• IPA^(key): /sʰà/
• Romanization: MLCTS: hca • ALA-LC: chā • BGN/PCGN: hsa • Okell: hsa

ဆာ • (hca)

1. (of limbs) to be limp or be impaired

Borrowed from English Sir.

ဆာ • (hca)

1. Sir (title)

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *tsə (“hot; fever; hurt; ill; hungry”). Cognate with Mizo [Term?] (sá-I, “hot (as fire, water, etc.)”), Tibetan ཚ (tsha, “hot, intense”), Old Chinese 災 (OC *ʔslɯː, “disaster, calamity”) (STEDT under PTB *tsa-t ⪤ *dza-t).

ဆာ • (hca)

1. to be hungry, be thirsty
2. (figuratively) to hunger for, pine for

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