ရသ

Burmese

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit रस (rasa) or Pali rasa. Cognate with Thai รส (rót), Lao ລົດ (lot), ᦷᦟᧆ (lod) or ᦷᦟᧆᦉ (lodṡ), Khmer រស (rŭəh), Malay rasa. Doublet of ရသာ (ra.sa).

Pronunciation

  • Phonetic respellings: ရ+သာ, *ရ+သာ, ရသ, *ရ
  • IPA(key): /ja̰ðà/, /ɹa̰ðà/, /ja̰θa̰/, /ɹa̰θa̰/
  • Romanization: MLCTS: ra.sa. • ALA-LC: rasa • BGN/PCGN: ya.dha/ra.dha/ya.tha./ra.tha. • Okell:tha/rátha/yáthá/ráthá

Noun

ရသ • (ra.sa.)

  1. taste, flavor
  2. pleasure, flavor, savor

Derived terms

  • ကရုဏာရသ (ka.ru.nara.sa.)
  • ဘယာနကရသ (bha.yana.ka.ra.sa.)
  • ရသစာပေ (ra.sa.cape)

Further reading

Pali

Alternative forms

Noun

ရသ m

  1. Burmese script form of rasa (“taste”)

Declension