ကြယ်သီး

Burmese

Pronunciation

Phonetic respellings: ကြယ်သီး, ကြယ်+သီး

IPA^(key): /t͡ɕɛ̀θí/, /t͡ɕɛ̀ðí/

Romanization: MLCTS: kraisi: • ALA-LC: krayʻsīʺ • BGN/PCGN: kyèthi:/kyèdhi: • Okell: cethì/cethì

Etymology 1

ကြယ် (krai) +‎ သီး (si:).

Noun

ကြယ်သီး • (kraisi:)

button, stud

Etymology 2

In reference to the drug's button-like shape.

Noun

ကြယ်သီး • (kraisi:)

(slang) ya ba

Synonyms

မြင်းဆေး (mrang:hce:)
ယာမ (yama.)
ရာမ (rama.)
ယာဘ (yabha.)
ရာဘ (rabha.)

References

“ကြယ်သီး” in Myanmar–English Dictionary (Myanmar Language Commission 1993). Searchable online at SEAlang.net.

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