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Burmese
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pjáʊɴ/
- Romanization: MLCTS: praung: • ALA-LC: proṅʻʺ • BGN/PCGN: pyaung: • Okell: pyaùñ
Etymology 1
Likely related to 亂 (OC *roːns, “disorder”) (Baxter, 1992). Perhaps related to Tibetan སྤྲུལ་བ (sprul ba, “to transform”) (Shi, 2000). Cognate with Chinese 變／变 (bian, “change”). Compare with Korean 변 (byeon, “change”).
Verb
ပြောင်း • (praung:)
- to change, alter
- တချို့တွေက ဘယ်တော့မှ မပြောင်း ― ta.hkyui.tweka. bhaitau.hma. ma.praung: ― Some things never change
Derived terms
Etymology 2
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun
ပြောင်း • (praung:)
- millet (any of a group of various types of grass or its grains used as food)
- Synonyms: ပြောင်းဆန် (praung:hcan), နှံစားပြောင်း (hnamca:praung:)
- maize, corn (type of grain of the species Zea mays)
- Synonyms: ပြောင်းဖူး (praung:hpu:), ခွံပြောင်း (hkwampraung:)
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Further reading
- “ပြောင်း 1 ‘millet’” in The Judson Burmese–English Dictionary (Rangoon: American Baptist Mission Press 1921), page 675.
- “ပြောင်း 2 ‘change’” in The Judson Burmese–English Dictionary (Rangoon: American Baptist Mission Press 1921), page 676.
- “ပြောင်း” in Myanmar–English Dictionary (Myanmar Language Commission 1993). Searchable online at SEAlang.net.