ယဉ်

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Burmese

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /jɪ̀ɴ/
  • Romanization: MLCTS: yany • ALA-LC: yañʻ • BGN/PCGN: yin • Okell: yiñ

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Sanskrit यन्त्र (yantra, instrument, apparatus).

Noun

ယဉ် (yany)

  1. (rare) loom
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Inherited from Old Burmese ယန် (yan).[1]

This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.
Particularly: “STEDT doesn't give further etymology (yañ "tame, civilized; graceful"). Bears resemblance to Sinitic terms like Old Chinese (OC *qonʔ, “graceful, tactful”), (OC *ŋraːʔ, “elegant, graceful”), (OC *lams, “gorgeous, romantic”) (there may be more and better comparanda as well). Luce's connection with (OC *sɢljun, “docile, tame”) is phonetically untenable.[2]

The "get used to" sense is probably a semantic shift from the "tame" sense.”

Adjective

ယဉ် (yany)

  1. cultured, gentle, charming, graceful
  2. tame

Verb

ယဉ် (yany)

  1. to get used to
  2. (of drugs or medicine) to lose strength or efficacy; to develop a resistance to drugs, antibiotics, etc.

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Shan: ယဵၼ်ႇ (yàen)

Etymology 3

This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.
Particularly: “According to MED, related to အလျဉ် (a.lyany, progression, flow, continuity), with both terms bearing resemblance to Old Chinese (OC *raːŋ, *raːŋs, “wave”).”

Noun

ယဉ် (yany)

  1. current
Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Nishi, Y. (1999). Old Burmese: toward the history of Burmese. Bulletin of the National Museum of Ethnology, 23(3), 659-692.
  2. ^ Luce, G. H. (1981) “-AÑ Finals (53. Tamed, Tame)”, in A Comparative Word-List of Old Burmese, Chinese and Tibetan, London: School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, →ISBN, page 64

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