မြင်းဆေး

Burmese

Etymology

မြင်း (mrang:, “horse”) +‎ ဆေး (hce:, “medicine”), Calque of Thai ยาม้า (yaa-máa).

Pronunciation

Phonetic respelling: မြင်းဇေး

IPA^(key): /mjɪ́ɴzé/

Romanization: MLCTS: mrang:hce: • ALA-LC: mraṅʻʺcheʺ • BGN/PCGN: myin:ze: • Okell: myìñhseì

Noun

မြင်းဆေး • (mrang:hce:)

ya ba, a type of addictive drugs in the form of tablets containing a mixture of methamphetamine and caffeine.

Synonyms

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

References

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

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