ရာတန်စေ့
Burmese
Etymology
Borrowed from Mandarin 鴉膽子 / 鸦胆子 (yādǎnzǐ, “crow gallbladder seed”), the last element indigenized as စေ့ (ce., “seed”).
Pronunciation
- Phonetic respelling: ရာဒန်ဇေ့
- IPA(key): /jàdàɴzḛ/
- Romanization: MLCTS: ratance. • ALA-LC: rātanʻceʹ • BGN/PCGN: yadanze. • Okell: yatañseí
Noun
ရာတန်စေ့ • (ratance.) (classifier စေ့)
- a kind of medicinal plant, Brucea mollis
References
- “ရာတန်စေ့” in Myanmar–English Dictionary (Myanmar Language Commission 1993). Searchable online at SEAlang.net.