Save Gender Masculine Usage History Scripts အရဟံ(Burmese) Pronounced Pron. /ʔə.jə.hàɰ̃/(Burmese) [key·simplify] Meaning & History From Sanskrit अर्हत् (arhat) meaning "deserving, entitled to, worthy, venerable". This was the name of an 11th-century Burmese monk who helped to stabilize the presence of Theravada Buddhism in Southeast Asia.