Burmese

Noun

သား • ‎(sa:) (Romanization: MLCTS: sa: • ALA-LC: sā″ • BGN/PCGN: tha: • Okell: thà)

1. son

Coordinate terms

• သမီး ‎(sa.mi:, “daughter”)
• အဖ ‎(a.hpa.), အဖေ ‎(a.hpe, “father”)
• အမိ ‎(a.mi.), အမေ ‎(a.me, “mother”)

Derived terms

• -သား ‎(-sa:, “male resident, inhabitant, member of”)

Etymology 2

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *sja-n ‎(“meat”).

Noun

သား • ‎(sa:) (Romanization: MLCTS: sa: • ALA-LC: sā″ • BGN/PCGN: tha: • Okell: thà)

1. (in compounds) meat, flesh

Derived terms

• ကြက်သား ‎(kraksa:, “chicken (meat)”)
• ဝက်သား ‎(waksa:, “pork”)
• အမဲသား ‎(a.mai:sa:, “beef”)
• အသား ‎(a.sa:, “meat”)

References

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