ထင်

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See also: ထိုင်, ထောင်, ထောင့်, and ထိုင်း

Burmese

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tʰɪ̀ɴ/
  • Romanization: MLCTS: htang • ALA-LC: thaṅʻ • BGN/PCGN: htin • Okell: htiñ
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Etymology 1

From Proto-Lolo-Burmese *taŋ¹ ~ *m-daŋ² (“to think, feel an emotion”); cognate with Lahu (dɔ³, “to think”) (STEDT). Luce apparently compares Old Chinese 呈 (OC *rleŋ, *l'eŋs, “to manifest”), though the phonetics of the Old Chinese reconstruction make a relation uncertain.[1]

Verb

ထင် • (htang)

  1. to be visible or seen
  2. to think (be of the opinion)
  3. to appear to the mind, be of mind
Derived terms
Descendants
  • → Jingpho: htang
  • → Shan: ထၢင်ႇ (thàang)

Proper noun

ထင် • (htang)

  1. a unisex given name

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Chinese (tian). (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Which Chinese word is this referring to?”)

Noun

ထင် • (htang)

  1. domino with six white and six red pips

References

  1. ^ Luce, G. H. (1981) “-AṄ Finals (63. Conspicuous, Manifest; Fame)”, in A Comparative Word-List of Old Burmese, Chinese and Tibetan, London: School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, →ISBN, page 73

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