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Burmese
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Etymology 1
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This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.
Particularly: “Not given an etymology by STEDT (khân "room; division, class"), and doesn't seem to be mentioned by Luce 1981. Despite superficial similarities to the Middle pronunciation of Chinese 間／间 (jiān, “among; room”), the Chinese term is not related and comes from a different Sino-Tibetan root. A relation to Etymology 2 seems very unlikely.”
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Noun
ခန်း • (hkan:)
- room
- chapter; episode
- act; scene
- role
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Etymology 2
From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *kan (“to dry up”). Cognate with Old Chinese 乾 (OC *kaːn, *ɡran, “dry”) (STEDT).
Verb
ခန်း • (hkan:)
- to dry up; evaporate; cease
- (figuratively) to be used up
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