ရင်

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See also: ရှင့်, ရှင်, and ရောင်း

Burmese

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /jɪ̀ɴ/
  • Romanization: MLCTS: rang • ALA-LC: raṅʻ • BGN/PCGN: yin • Okell: yiñ
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Etymology 1

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *b/g-raŋ. Cognate with Tibetan བྲང (brang, “chest, breast”), Old Chinese 膺 (OC *qɯŋ, “idem”).

Noun

ရင် • (rang)

  1. breast, chest
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Etymology 2

Colloquial form of လျှင် (hlyang).

Conjunction

ရင် • (rang)

  1. (colloquial) if
    • 2006, Gene Mesher, Burmese for Beginners, p. 111:
      အဲဒီကို သွားရင် ဘယ် လောက်လဲ။
      ai:dikui swa:rang bhai lauklai:||
      If go there, how much?
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Etymology 3

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Doesn't seem to be mentioned by STEDT or Luce 1981.”)

Verb

ရင် • (rang)

  1. to prepare, create
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