အတိတ်

Burmese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Pali atīta (past; gone by), from Sanskrit अतित (atita, idem). Cognate with Lao ອາດີດ (ʼā dīt), Khmer អតីត (ʼaʼdət), Thai อดีต (à-dìit), Hindi अतीत (atīt). Doublet of အတီး (a.ti:).

Pronunciation

  • Phonetic respelling: အ'တိတ်
  • IPA(key): /ʔəteɪʔ/
  • Romanization: MLCTS: a.tit • ALA-LC: ʼatitʻ • BGN/PCGN: ăteik • Okell: ăteiʔ

Noun

အတိတ် • (a.tit)

  1. the past
  2. sign, omen
  3. predictive legend relating to the result in some games of chance

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