ယမ်း

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Burmese

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /jáɴ/
  • Romanization: MLCTS: yam: • ALA-LC: yamʻʺ • BGN/PCGN: yan: • Okell: yàñ

Etymology 1

This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.
Particularly: “Not given etymology by STEDT (yâm "strike right and left, flourish"), and not mentioned by Luce 1981 (or Hill 2019).”

Verb

ယမ်း (yam:)

  1. to wave (a hand, flag, etc.)
Derived terms

Etymology 2

This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.
Particularly: “Not given etymology by STEDT (jɑm³ "gunpowder"), and not mentioned by Luce 1981 or Hill 2019. Probably from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *g-rjum (salt, salty) (whence also Old Chinese (OC *ɡ·lam, *ɡ·lams, “salt”)), with semantic shift "salt" > "powder" > "gunpowder".”

Noun

ယမ်း (yam:)

  1. gunpowder
Derived terms
Descendants
  • Shan: ယၢမ်း (yáam)

Further reading

Shan

Etymology

Cognate with Ahom 𑜊𑜪 (jʸaṃ).

Pronunciation

Verb

ယမ်း (yám) (abstract noun လွင်ႈယမ်း)

  1. to be wet.

Adjective

ယမ်း (yám) (abstract noun တၢင်းယမ်း)

  1. wet.

Synonyms