Myanmar English Dictionary

Vowel 'A'

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အထက် | a-htet - (1) above or higher place; upper-level location. (2) upper Myanmar as in အထက်မြန်မာပြည် | a-htet myan2-ma2-pyi2.
အထက်စီး | a-htet si3 - the upper hand; air of superiority (look down others, etc.).
အထက်ဆင့် | a-htet hsin1 - a band of usually plain pattern material sewn into upper portion of - sarong worn by Myanmar women ( sə-ˈrȯŋ 🔊). This part increases the length of more expensive lower part for about two inches, and is folded when wearing a sarong. အောက်ဆင့် | out hsin1 or ရေသီနား | yay2-dthi2-na3 is a hem at the lower. portion of similar attachment.
အထက်တန်း | a-htet-tan3 - junior high and high school class; upper-class train (ˌə-pər-ˈklas 🔊).
အထက်တန်းကျ | a-htet-tan3 kja1 - belong to social elite; be elegant and sophisticated.
အထက်တန်းကျောင်း | a-htet-tan3 joun3 - high school (ˌhaɪ ˈskul 🔊).
အထက်တန်းပြ | a-htet-tan3 bya1
အထက်တန်းပြဆရာ | a-htet-tan3 bya1 hsa1-ya2
အထက်တန်းပြဆရာမ | a-htet-tan3 bya1 hsa1-ya2-ma1 - high school teacher (ˈtē-chər 🔊).
အထက်တန်းရှေ့နေ | a-htet-tan3 shay1-nay2 - Senior lawyer in Myanmar equivalent to Senior Counsel (ˈkaʊn.səl 🔊) in some countries, such as Singapore.
အထက်တန်းလွှာ | a-htet-tan3 hlwa2 - upper crust; upper class of the society; elite.
အထက်ဒေသ | a-htet day2-tha1 - upper Myanmar that refers to regions such as Sagaing, Mandalay and Magway, as opposed to Yangon.