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Burmese
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Inherited from Old Burmese က္လောင်း (klong), itself from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *lɨ̆ŋ (“convent”).
Noun
ကျောင်း • (kyaung:)
- (Buddhism) monastery; temple
- school
- general term for educational institutes
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Etymology 2
Despite MED, which groups this sense with the "school" sense, STEDT derives the word from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s-klawŋ (“to guard, tend cattle, graze, be at leisure”), whence also Tibetan བསྐྱངས (bskyangs, “to guard, keep, tend (cattle)”), སྐྱོང (skyong, “idem”), Old Chinese 養 (OC *laŋʔ, *laŋs, “to nourish, raise, develop”) (STEDT).
Verb
ကျောင်း • (kyaung:)
- to look after, tend
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