နား

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See also: န, နာ, and နွား

Burmese

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Etymology 1

နား (na:)

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *r/g-na (“ear; to hear”) (STEDT).

Noun

နား • (na:)

  1. ear (organ of hearing)
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *g-na-s (“to stay, rest, dwell, be, live, alight, perch”) (STEDT). Cognate with Tibetan གནས (gnas, “to live, reside”), as well as possibly Old Chinese 棲 (OC *siːl, “to perch, roost, stay”).

Verb

နား • (na:)

  1. to rest, stop a while
Derived terms

Etymology 3

Combining form of အနား (a.na:, “vicinity”).

This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.
Particularly: “Not given further etymology by STEDT (ɑ¹ nɑ³ "vicinity / nearby). Semantic extension of Etymology 2 ("to rest" > "to settle" > "settled area, vicinity")? MED suggests, via နီးနီးနားနား (ni:ni:na:na:, “vicinity; close”), that it's a semantic extension of Etymology 1 ("ear" > "at one's ear" > "near").”

Alternative forms

Postposition

နား • (na:)

  1. near, in the vicinity of
    သင်္ကြန်နား ― sangkranna: ― near Thingyan

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