ကိရိယာ

Burmese

Etymology

Borrowed from Pali kiriyā, from Sanskrit क्रिया (kriyā), from Proto-Indo-European *kʷer- (“to do, make, build”). Doublet of ကြိယာ (kri.ya).

Pronunciation

• Phonetic respelling: ကိ'*ရိယာ
• IPA^(key): /kəɹḭjà/
• Romanization: MLCTS: ki.ri.ya • ALA-LC: kiriyā • BGN/PCGN: kări.ya • Okell: kăríya

Noun

ကိရိယာ • (ki.ri.ya)

1. tool, instrument, implement

See also

• ကြိယာ (kri.ya)

References

• “ကိရိယာ” in Myanmar–English Dictionary (Myanmar Language Commission 1993). Searchable online at SEAlang.net.