ပြောင်

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Burmese

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pjàʊɴ/
  • Romanization: MLCTS: praung • ALA-LC: proṅʻ • BGN/PCGN: pyaung • Okell: pyauñ

Etymology 1

Cognate with Burmese ပြင်း (prang:).

Verb

ပြောင် • (praung)

  1. to shine
  2. to shine; excel
  3. to stand out
  4. to be cleaned out
  5. to poke fun at; joke; jest

Adjective

ပြောင် • (praung)

  1. bare
  2. bald
  3. huge; great

Etymology 2

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *brawŋ (“wild yak, buffalo”) (STEDT, Boodberg 1937, Schuessler, 2007), cognate with Tibetan འབྲོང ('brong, “wild yak”), Chinese 犎 (fēng, “zebu”).

Noun

ပြောင် • (praung) (classifier ကောင်)

  1. gaur

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