နှင်း

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Burmese

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /n̥ɪ́ɴ/
  • Romanization: MLCTS: hnang: • ALA-LC: nhaṅʻʺ • BGN/PCGN: hnin: • Okell: hnìñ

Etymology 1

From Proto-Tibeto-Burman *s-ŋar (“frost, ice”); cognate with Akha (ŋɛ́, “ice”) (STEDT). Luce gives Old Chinese 瀼 (OC *njaŋ, “dewy”) as a cognate;[1] this is supported by Coblin.

Noun

နှင်း • (hnang:) (classifier ပြိုက်)

  1. (generic term for) mist, dew, snow, frost
Derived terms

Proper noun

နှင်း • (hnang:)

  1. a unisex given name

Etymology 2

Not given etymology by STEDT (hnâŋ "give, deliver over"), while Luce gives Old Chinese 讓 (OC *njaŋs, “to concede, yield, permit”) as a cognate;[2] this comparison is supported by Schuessler 2007 and Hill 2019.

Verb

နှင်း • (hnang:)

  1. to confer, grant, bestow
Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Luce, G. H. (1981) “-AṄ Finals (70. Dew, Frost, Mist)”, in A Comparative Word-List of Old Burmese, Chinese and Tibetan, London: School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, →ISBN, page 74
  2. ^ Luce, G. H. (1981) “-AṄ Finals (71. to Entrust, Hand over, Give)”, in A Comparative Word-List of Old Burmese, Chinese and Tibetan, London: School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, →ISBN, page 74

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