အတိတ်
Burmese
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Pali atīta (“past; gone by”), from Sanskrit अतित (atita, “idem”). Cognate with Lao ອາດີດ (ʼā dīt), Khmer អតីត (ʼaʼdət), Thai อดีต (à-dìit), Hindi अतीत (atīt). Doublet of အတီး (a.ti:).
Pronunciation
- Phonetic respelling: အ'တိတ်
- IPA(key): /ʔəteɪʔ/
- Romanization: MLCTS: a.tit • ALA-LC: ʼatitʻ • BGN/PCGN: ăteik • Okell: ăteiʔ
Noun
အတိတ် • (a.tit)
- the past
- sign, omen
- predictive legend relating to the result in some games of chance
Derived terms
- အတိတ်ကောက် (a.titkauk)
- အတိတ်စိမ်း (a.titcim:)
- အတိတ်ဆောင် (a.tithcaung)
- အတိတ်နိမိတ် (a.titni.mit)
- အတိတ်ရ (a.titra.)
See also
- ပစ္စုပ္ပန် (paccuppan, “present”) or ပစ္စက္ခ (paccakhka., “present”)
- အနာဂတ် (a.nagat, “future”)
Further reading
- “အတိတ်” in Myanmar–English Dictionary (Myanmar Language Commission 1993). Searchable online at SEAlang.net.