ဖန်

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Burmese

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pʰàɴ/
  • Romanization: MLCTS: hpan • ALA-LC: phanʻ • BGN/PCGN: hpan • Okell: hpañ

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 (phan "astringent ( in taste )"), and not mentioned by Luce 1981.”)

Adjective

ဖန် • (hpan)

  1. acrid, astringent (in taste)

Verb

ဖန် • (hpan)

  1. to have irritating sensation (in the eye)

Derived terms

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Pali phalika, from Sanskrit स्फटिक (sphaṭika, “crystal, quartz”). Cognate with Old Chinese 玻璃 (OC *pʰaːl reːl/rel, “glass”), the latter also borrowed from Indic.

Noun

ဖန် • (hpan)

  1. glass
Derived terms

Etymology 3

This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.
Particularly: “Not given etymology by STEDT. Note similarities to Old Chinese 辦 (OC *breːns, “to deal with, manage”).”

Verb

ဖန် • (hpan)

  1. to make, create
  2. to clean newly-picked cotton, coir, etc.

Classifier

ဖန် • (hpan)

  1. numerical classifier denoting frequency

Derived terms

Further reading

Mon

Etymology

Borrowed from Burmese .

Pronunciation

Verb

ဖန် (phan)

  1. to arrange, set in order

References

  • Shorto, H.L. (1962) A Dictionary of Modern Spoken Mon‎, London: Oxford University Press. Searchable online at SEAlang.net.
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