ဝသန်

Burmese

Etymology

Borrowed from Pali vasanta. Cognate with Thai วสันต์ (wá-sǎn). Doublet of ဝသန္တ (wa.santa.).

Pronunciation

  • Phonetic respelling: ဝ'သန်
  • IPA(key): /wəθàɴ/
  • Romanization: MLCTS: wa.san • ALA-LC: vasanʻ • BGN/PCGN: wăthan • Okell: wăthañ

Noun

ဝသန် • (wa.san)

  1. rainy season
  2. (elegant, poetic) spring
  3. beginning of summer

Synonyms

See also

Seasons in Burmese · ရာသီ (rasi) (layout · text) · category
နွေဦး (nweu:, “spring”) ဝသန္တ (wa.santa., “spring”) နွေ (nwe, “summer”) ဂိမှာန် (gi.hman, “summer”) ဆောင်းဦး (hcaung:u:, “autumn”) ဆောင်း (hcaung:, “winter”) ဟေမန္တ (hemanta., “winter”)

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