သဒ္ဒါ

Burmese

Pronunciation

  • Phonetic respelling: +သ'ဒါ
  • IPA(key): /ðədà/
  • Romanization: MLCTS: sadda • ALA-LC: saddā • BGN/PCGN: dhăda • Okell: thăda

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Pali sadda (word).

Noun

သဒ္ဒါ • (sadda)

  1. meaningful speech sound, word, term
  2. grammar (rules for speaking and writing a language)
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Pali saddā, from Sanskrit श्रद्धा (śraddhā, faith).

Noun

သဒ္ဒါ • (sadda)

  1. faith
  2. generosity

Verb

သဒ္ဒါ • (sadda)

  1. to have faith
  2. to be generous

Derived terms

  • မသဒ္ဒါရေစာ (ma.saddareca)
  • သဒ္ဒါကြေး (sadda-kre:)
  • သဒ္ဒါတရား (saddata.ra:)
  • သဒ္ဒါပေါက် (saddapauk)

Further reading

Pali

Alternative forms

Noun

သဒ္ဒါ (saddā)

  1. Burmese script form of saddā, which is inflection of သဒ္ဒ:
    1. ablative singular
    2. nominative/vocative plural (sadda, sound)