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Burmese
Pronunciation
- Phonetic respelling: အ'ခင်း
- IPA(key): /ʔəkʰɪ́ɴ/
- Romanization: MLCTS: a.hkang: • ALA-LC: ʼakhaṅʻʺ • BGN/PCGN: ăhkin: • Okell: ăhkìñ
Etymology 1
အ- (a.-, “nominal prefix”) + ခင်း (hkang:, “to spread, roll out”).
Noun
အခင်း • (a.hkang:)
- flooring
- something laid out for sitting or lying down
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Etymology 2
From အ- (a.-, “nominal prefix”) + a component ခင်း (hkang:), which MED considers separate from the "spread" sense in Etymology 1. However, it could feasibly be related to Etymology 1, via semantic shift "spread out" > "unfolding" > "unfolding of events".
Noun
အခင်း • (a.hkang:)
- occurrence, event, incident, matter or business, circumstance
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