အစ်

Burmese

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʔɪʔ/
  • Romanization: MLCTS: ac • ALA-LC: ʼacʻ • BGN/PCGN: it • Okell:

Etymology 1

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *qik (to squeeze, strangle) (Hill, 2019).

Verb

အစ် • (ac)

  1. to squeeze, throttle
  2. to feel tight
  3. to milk, to draw out information by subtle means
  4. to extort (money)
  5. (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)

  1. unit, found as prefix in terms like အစ်ကို (ackui) and အစ်မ (acma.)
  2. small box or casket
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)

  1. (Islam) Eid
Derived terms
  • အစ်နေ့ (acne.)

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