ᦇᦹᧃ

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Etymology

From Proto-Southwestern Tai *ŋɯənᴬ⁴ (silver), from Old Chinese (OC *ŋrɯn), from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *ŋul ~ (d-)ŋur. Cognate with Thai เงิน (ngən), Lao ເງິນ (ngœn), Northern Thai ᨦᩮᩥ᩠ᨶ, Tai Dam ꪹꪉꪷꪙ, Shan ငိုၼ်း (ngúen), Phake ငိုꩫ် (ṅün), Ahom 𑜂𑜢𑜤𑜃𑜫 (ṅün), Zhuang ngaenz.

Pronunciation

Noun

ᦇᦹᧃ (nguen)

  1. silver
  2. money

Derived terms

Further reading

  • Hanna, William J. (2019) “Query for ᦇᦹᧃ”, in Dai Lue - English Dictionary (in Chinese), SIL International