အချစ်
a.hkyac/ʔət͡ɕʰɪʔ/
The English word "love" is translated into Burmese as အချစ် (a.hkyac). Wiktionary also lists မေတ္တာ (metta).
Meaning: strong affection (noun)
Ways to say it
| Burmese | Romanization (Wiktionary) | IPA |
|---|---|---|
| အချစ် | a.hkyac | /ʔət͡ɕʰɪʔ/ |
| မေတ္တာ | metta | /mjɪʔtà/ |
The noun အချစ် is used to express strong affection, specifically when discussing romantic love or the abstract concept of love in a passionate sense. The related verb forms အချစ် and ချစ်ခင် can be used to mean "to have a strong affection for".
Which one should you use?
While အချစ် refers to romantic or passionate love, မေတ္တာ refers to a more selfless, spiritual or benevolent kind of love, often translated as "loving-kindness".
Related words
How do you pronounce it?
a.hkyac (/ʔətɕʰɪʔ/)
Did you know?
- The term မေတ္တာ is often used in formal letters or official requests to evoke a sense of kindness and cooperation from the recipient.
- Burmese speakers may use the concept of မေတ္တာ to describe a wish for the well-being of an enemy, emphasizing a love that transcends personal liking.
- The word မိတ် (mit), which is a doublet of မေတ္တာ, is the same root used in the Burmese word for 'friend', making 'friendship' and 'loving-kindness' etymological relatives.
Examples in context
- အချစ် နှင့် အမုန်း နှစ်ခုလုံး သည် ပြင်ထန်သော ခံစားချက်များ ဖြစ်သည်။Love and hate are both strong emotions.This sentence illustrates the use of အချစ် when discussing strong emotions.Tatoeba #8274249 by sithu015, translation #8274095 by CK
- သူ့အပေါ်ထားတဲ့ အချစ်က အရမ်းကြီးမားတယ်။thu a paw htar de a chit ka ayan gyee mar tal.The love I have for him is very great.
- အချစ်ဆိုတာ နားလည်ရခက်ပါတယ်။a chit so dar nar lal ya khat par tal.Love is difficult to understand.
Example conversation
Myat Noe and Kyaw Kyaw are talking about a romantic movie.
- မြတ်နိုး Myat Noeဒီကားထဲက အချစ် က အရမ်းလှတယ်။di kar hte ka achit ka ayan hla tal.The love in this movie is very beautiful.
- ကျော်ကျော် Kyaw Kyawဟုတ်တယ်၊ အရမ်း စိတ်လှုပ်ရှားဖို့ကောင်းတယ်။houk tal, ayan sate hlouk shar pho kaung tal.Yes, it is very exciting.
- မြတ်နိုး Myat Noeအချစ် စစ်စစ်ဆိုတာ ဒီလိုမျိုးပဲ။achit sit sit so dar di lo myo pe.True love is just like this.
- ကျော်ကျော် Kyaw Kyawငါလည်း အဲဒီလိုမျိုးပဲ ဖြစ်ချင်တယ်။nga le ae lo myo pe phit chin tal.I want to be like that too.
Sources
- Wiktionary, “love” translations and entries အချစ်, မေတ္တာ, CC BY-SA 4.0, dump of 2026-09-26.
- Word origins: Wiktionary entries မေတ္တာ, အချစ်, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Example sentences: Tatoeba CC BY 2.0 FR.
