ရက်

• IPA^(key): /jɛʔ/
• Romanization: MLCTS: rak • ALA-LC: rak‘ • BGN/PCGN: yet • Okell: yeʔ

From Proto-Lolo-Burmese *rak ⪤ *tak/*dak ⪤ *k-rak (LaPolla, 1987), possibly from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *tak ~ dak (“to weave, to knit”). Cognate with Tibetan འཐག ('thag, “to weave”) and Chinese 織 (OC *tjɯɡs, *tjɯɡ, “to weave”).

ရက် • (rak)

1. to weave

• ရက်ကန်း (rakkan:, “loom”)
• ရက်ကန်းစင် (rakkan:cang, “loom”)
• ကွန်ရက် (kwanrak, “netting, network”)
• ရက်ဖောက် (rakhpauk, “bobbin, pirn”)

From Old Burmese ရျက် (ryak) (Bagan), from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s-r(j)ak (“day, full day; overnight”). Cognate with Mizo riak, riah (“to spend the night”), Tibetan ཞག (zhag, “day (24 hours)”), Sichuan Yi ꉖ (hxot, “(classifier) night”), Lisu ꓦꓬꓼ (h̃jà, “(classifier) night”), and Chinese 夜 (OC *laːɡs, “night”).

ရက် • (rak)

1. day

Used in compounds with numerals like a classifier, but without any noun preceding the compound, e.g. လေးရက် (le:rak, “four days”).

• ရက်စွဲ (rakcwai:, “date”)
• ရက်သတ္တပတ် (raksatta.pat, “week”)

Unknown.

ရက် • (rak)

1. (usually in reduplicated form) quick, swift, violent, decisive

ရက် • (rak)

1. particle placed after verbs to denote a lack of consideration

• ရက်ရက် (rak-rak, “swiftly, immediately, boldly”)
• ရက်စက် (rakcak, “cruel, pitiless, ruthless”)

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s-rjak (“oil, fat, grease”). Cognate with Mizo (sa) hriak (“oil, grease”), Tibetan ཞག (zhag, “oil, fat, grease”), and Chinese 液 (OC *laːɡ, “liquid, fluid”). Alternatively, from အရက် (a.rak, “alcoholic drinks, liquor”), from Arabic عَرَق‎ (ʿaraq, “arrack, arak, an alcoholic drink”).

ရက် • (rak)

1. extracted liquid, such as nectar

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