အစ်
Burmese
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʔɪʔ/
- Romanization: MLCTS: ac • ALA-LC: ʼacʻ • BGN/PCGN: it • Okell: iʔ
Etymology 1
From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *qik (“to squeeze, strangle”) (Hill, 2019).
Verb
အစ် • (ac)
- to squeeze, throttle
- to feel tight
- to milk, to draw out information by subtle means
- to extort (money)
- (of body) to be full and fat, be bloated
Derived terms
- ဇိအစ် (ji.ac)
- နို့အစ် (nui.ac)
- အစ်အောက် (acauk)
Etymology 2
From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *ʔit (“one”) (though MED groups this sense with the "squeeze" sense).
Noun
အစ် • (ac)
Derived terms
- ကွမ်းအစ် (kwam:ac)
- ဖလားစုံကွမ်းအစ် (hpa.la:cumkwam:ac)
- ယွန်းအစ် (ywan:ac)
Etymology 3
Borrowed from Hindi ईद (īd), from Arabic عِيد (ʕīd).
Proper noun
အစ် • (ac)
Derived terms
- အစ်နေ့ (acne.)
Further reading
- “အစ်” in Myanmar–English Dictionary (Myanmar Language Commission 1993). Searchable online at SEAlang.net.