Inherited fromOld Burmeseဖ္လစ်(phlac), fromProto-Lolo-Burmese*C-prik(“to be, be able”). Cognate withAkhapyeu(“to be, exist”) (STEDT).
The combinationဖြစ်ယင်(hpracyang,“if (it) is so”) may colloquially be pronounced/pʰjɪ̰ɴ/.
ဖြစ်• (hprac)
- tobe
- tobecome
- tomake
- tohappen,occur
- (same asဖြစ်ထွန်း(hprachtwan:)) tothrive, be ofbenefit,succeed
- to beeffective
- to beskilled
- toget on with, bein love,have anaffair
ဖြစ်• (hprac)
- word suffixed to a verb to denote ability:managed to
- “ဖြစ်” inMyanmar–English Dictionary (Myanmar Language Commission 1993). Searchable online atSEAlang.net.
- Okell, John (1969),A Reference Grammar of Colloquial Burmese, London: Oxford University Press, page21
1999 March 15,義郎 西,ヨシオ ニシ, Yoshio Nishi, “Old Burmese : Toward the History of Burmese”, in国立民族学博物館研究報告[1], volume23, number 3,→DOI,→ISSN, pages659–692:
