သရော

Burmese

Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan origin. Cognate with Jingpho sàw (“dry”), Jingpho sàwng (“parched”), S'gaw Karen သး (thä, “famine”) and possibly Tibetan དྲོ་པོ (dro po, “warm”). Also compare with Chinese 焇 (xiāo, “to sun-shine, to dry”). Original meaning of "dry" can be seen in သယောင်း.

Pronunciation
  • Phonetic respelling: သ'ရော
  • IPA(key): /θəjɔ́/
  • Romanization: MLCTS: sa.rau: • ALA-LC: saro • BGN/PCGN: thăyaw: • Okell: thăyò

Noun

သရော • (sa.rau:)

  1. famine; drought
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