シャー

Japanese

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ɕa̠ː]

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Persian شاه (šâh).

Noun

シャー • (shā) 

  1. shah

Etymology 2

Onomatopoeic.

Interjection

シャー • (shā) 

  1. (manga) The sound of rushing water.

Etymology 3

For pronunciation and definitions of シャー – see the following entry.
【西】2
[noun] (mahjong) west wind (mahjong tile)
[noun] (mahjong) a 役 (yaku, “winning hand”) with a triplet or quad of west wind tiles; depending on wind round and player's seat wind, it is worth either 1 or 2 翻 (han, “doubles”)
(This term, シャー (shā), is the katakana spelling of the above term.)
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