ရဲမက်

Burmese

Etymology

From ရဲ (rai:, “brave, daring”) +‎ မက် (mak); the second component is, contrary to MED, not from the usual "dream, covet" sense, and is instead from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *d-maq (“army, soldier”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /jɛ́mɛʔ/
  • Romanization: MLCTS: rai:mak • ALA-LC: raimakʻ • BGN/PCGN: yè:met • Okell: yèmeʔ

Noun

ရဲမက် • (rai:mak)

  1. (historical) soldier (in the time of the Burmese kings)

Further reading

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