ရေ

Burmese
ရေ

Etymology

Inherited from Old Burmese ရိယ် (riy), from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *rəj (“water; liquid; body fluid”). Cognate with Pela ɣəi⁵⁵, Tangut 𗋽 (*zjɨ̱r²), and Tshangla ri¹³.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /jè/
  • Romanization: MLCTS: re • ALA-LC: re • BGN/PCGN: ye • Okell: yei

Noun

ရေ • (re)

  1. water
    ရေ နှစ်ခွက် ― re hnachkwak ― two cups of water

Derived terms

References
  • “ရေ” in The Judson Burmese–English Dictionary (Rangoon: American Baptist Mission Press 1921), page 847.
  • “ရေ” in Myanmar–English Dictionary (Myanmar Language Commission 1993). Searchable online at SEAlang.net.
  • Hill, Nathan W. "Evolution of the Burmese vowel system." Transactions of the Philological Society 110.1 (2012): 64-79.

Pali

Alternative forms
Alternative forms
  • re (Latin script)
  • 𑀭𑁂 (Brahmi script)
  • रे (Devanagari script)
  • রে (Bengali script)
  • රෙ (Sinhalese script)
  • เร (Thai script)
  • ᩁᩮ (Tai Tham script)
  • ເຣ (Lao script)
  • រេ (Khmer script)
  • 𑄢𑄬 (Chakma script)

Noun

ရေ

  1. Burmese script form of re, locative singular of ရ (ra, “the Pali letter 'r'”)
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