ကြယ်

See also: ကျယ်

Burmese

Etymology

Baxter and Sagart (2014) reconstructs the Old Chinese as *s-tsʰˤeŋ, which can be analysed as a verbal root *tsʰˤeŋ (“bright”) with a prefix *s-. This reconstruction accounts for the Min initial *tsh- and the use of the character to write the word 晴 (OC *N-tsʰeŋ).

Possibly related to 清 (OC *sʰleŋ, “clear”) (Schuessler, 2007; Baxter and Sagart, 2014), in turn from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *(t)s(j)aŋ (“clear; pure; clean”).

Proto-Kiranti *saŋ (“star”) either develops from a parallel Sino-Tibetan root (Schuessler, 2007) or derives from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s-kar (“star”) (STEDT).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /t͡ɕɛ̀/
  • Romanization: MLCTS: krai • ALA-LC: krayʻ • BGN/PCGN: kyè • Okell: ce
  • Homophone: ကျယ် (kyai)

Noun

ကြယ် • (krai)

  1. star (luminous celestial body)[1][2]
    Synonym: ကြည် (krany)

Derived terms

(Nouns)

  • ကြယ်ငါး (krai-nga:)
  • ကြယ်တံခွန် (kraitamhkwan)
  • ကြယ်နီ (kraini)
  • ကြယ်ပျံ (krai-pyam)
  • ကြယ်ပွင့် (krai-pwang.)
  • ကြယ်မိကျောင်း (kraimi.kyaung:)
  • ကြယ်သီး (kraisi:)
  • ခုနစ်စဉ်ကြယ် (hku.naccanykrai)

Proper noun

ကြယ် • (krai)

  1. a unisex given name

References
  1. “ကြယ်” in The Judson Burmese–English Dictionary (Rangoon: American Baptist Mission Press 1921), page 231.
  2. Ōno, Tōru (2000) ビルマ(ミャンマー)語辞典 [Burmese dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Daigakushorin, →ISBN, page 53
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