ရေစက်

Burmese

Pronunciation

  • Phonetic respelling: ရေဇက်
  • IPA(key): /jèzɛʔ/
  • Romanization: MLCTS: recak • ALA-LC: recakʻ • BGN/PCGN: yezet • Okell: yeiseʔ

Etymology 1

ရေ (re, “water”) +‎ စက် (cak, “wheel, machine”).

Noun

ရေစက် • (recak)

  1. water pump
  2. hydrant

Etymology 2

ရေ (re, “water”) +‎ စက် (cak, “a drop(let)”). The "fateful deed" sense comes from an analogy comparing water droplets to "droplets of fate".

Noun

ရေစက် • (recak)

  1. drop of water
  2. (figuratively) a past deed or merit done together resulting in the present or future encounter
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