အလား

Burmese

Pronunciation

  • Phonetic respelling: အ'လား
  • IPA(key): /ʔəlá/
  • Romanization: MLCTS: a.la: • ALA-LC: ʼalāʺ • BGN/PCGN: ăla: • Okell: ălà

Etymology 1

Perhaps from အ- (a.-, “nominal prefix”) +‎ လား (la:, “to reach, go”).

Noun

အလား • (a.la:)

  1. appearance, form

Particle

အလား • (a.la:)

  1. particle suffixed to a noun to denote similarity: like, as

Derived terms

Etymology 2

Apparently from အ- (a.-, “nominal prefix”) +‎ လား (la:, “to reach, go”), and thus equivalent with Etymology 1.

Noun

အလား • (a.la:)

  1. passage
  2. direction

Further reading

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