ရှင်

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See also: -ရှင်, ရင်, ရှင့်, and ရောင်း

Burmese

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʃɪ̀ɴ/
  • Romanization: MLCTS: hrang • ALA-LC: rhaṅʻ • BGN/PCGN: shin • Okell: hyiñ
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Etymology 1

Contraction of အသျှင် (a.hsyang, “lord”).

Noun

ရှင် • (hrang)

  1. (same as အရှင် (a.hrang)) master, lord, noble, powerful person, owner, proprietor
  2. monk, novice
  3. prefix to the name or title of a monk or noble
  4. prefix to a woman's name

Pronoun

ရှင် • (hrang)

  1. (women's speech) you (singular, polite, used by females)
    ရှင်နာမည်ဘယ်လိုခေါ်သလဲ။
    hrangnamanybhailuihkausa.lai:||
    What is your name?
Synonyms
See also
Burmese personal pronouns
Burmese Person Level of
speech		 Remarks
ငါ (nga) First Informal used when speaking to one's equals or inferiors
ကျွန်တော် (kywantau) First Formal used by males
ကျွန်မ (kywanma.) First Formal used by females
ကျွန်ုပ် First Informal
ကျုပ် (kyup) First Informal
နင် (nang) Second Informal used when speaking to one's equals or inferiors
မင်း (mang:) Second Informal used when speaking to one's equals or inferiors
ညည်း (nyany:) Second Informal used by females when addressing another female of same age or one younger
တော် (tau) Second Informal used by females
ခင်ဗျား (hkangbya:) Second Formal used by males
ရှင် (hrang) Second Formal used by females
သင် (sang), အသင် (a.sang) Second Formal
သူ (su) Third
သင်း (sang:) Third
ချင်း (hkyang:) Third

Particle

ရှင် • (hrang)

  1. yes (polite word of response by women)
  2. (women's speech)polite term of address made by a woman: sir, madam
  3. interrogative rejoinder made by a woman: "sir?"
Usage notes

Put at the end of a sentence as a polite term of address to the listener. Used by females.

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Etymology 2

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *sreŋ (“to live, to be alive”). Cognate with Tibetan གསིང་མ (gsing ma, “pastureland”), Old Chinese 生 (*sreŋ, sreŋ-s, “to live, be born”), and Chinese 牲 (shēng, “animal”) (STEDT)

Verb

ရှင် • (hrang)

  1. to live, be alive
  2. to be sharp (of sight)
  3. to flash (of light in gems)
Derived terms

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