နယ်

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See also: နည်း, and နဲ့

Burmese

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Proto-Tibeto-Burman *m/s-naːy (“to twist, knead, soften”); cognate with Jingpho (mə nai, “to twist”) (STEDT). The root seems to be related to Proto-Tibeto-Burman *s/ʔ-n(w)ay (“cohesive, sticky, elastic”), whence Jingpho (ʔnāi, “sticky, adhesive, pliable; elastic”). Note also similarities to Old Chinese 捏 (OC *niːɡ, “to pinch, knead”).

Verb

နယ် • (nai)

  1. to knead
  2. to tread on
  3. to cure
Derived terms

Etymology 2

This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.
Particularly: “Not given etymology by STEDT (nai "component parts of territory or jurisdiction"), and not mentioned by Luce 1981. Any relation to နေ (ne, “to stay, live”)?”

Noun

နယ် • (nai)

  1. state (political division of a federation retaining a degree of autonomy)
  2. (historical) part of a state, territory (administrative subdivision within a state)
  3. jurisdiction
Derived terms

Etymology 3

This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.
Particularly: “Not given etymology by STEDT (nai "curved stick that stretches cloth in loom"), and not mentioned by Luce 1981. Etymology leads for this seem rather inscrutable due to very specific semantic field and apparent lack of similar-sounding words with similar semantic domains in other languages.”

Noun

နယ် • (nai)

  1. (weaving) temple
Derived terms

Etymology 4

Borrowed from Sanskrit नायक (nāyaka, “leader, guide”).

Noun

နယ် • (nai)

  1. (chess) pawn: the most common chess piece, or a similar piece in a similar game. In chess each side has eight; moves are only forward, and attacks are only forward diagonally or en passant.

See also

Chess pieces in Burmese · စစ်တုရင်ရုပ် (cactu.rangrup) (layout · text)
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ဘုရင် (bhu.rang) ဘုရင်မ (bhu.rangma.) ကျီးအ (kyi:a.) ဘုန်းကြီး (bhun:kri:) မြင်း (mrang:) နယ် (nai)

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