သျှင်

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Burmese

Etymology

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Particularly: “Doesn't seem to be in STEDT, and Luce 1981 did not adduce either Chinese or Tibetan cognates.[1] Looks a bit like Chinese 和尚 (héshàng, “head monk”) or 僧 (sēng, “monk, bonze”), both from Sanskrit or a related language. Alternatively, see အရှင် (a.hrang).”

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʃɪ̀ɴ/
  • Romanization: MLCTS: hsyang • ALA-LC: syhaṅʻ • BGN/PCGN: shin • Okell: hyiñ

Noun

သျှင် • (hsyang)

  1. Superseded spelling of ရှင် (hrang).
  2. (honorific) a title used by Buddhist monks and nobles

References

  1. ^ Luce, G. H. (1981) “-AṄ Finals (110. Lord; Monk)”, in A Comparative Word-List of Old Burmese, Chinese and Tibetan, London: School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, →ISBN, page 76

Further reading

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Noun

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