ရန်

Burmese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jàɴ/
• Romanization: MLCTS: ran • ALA-LC: ranʻ • BGN/PCGN: yan • Okell: yañ
• Homophones: ယံ (yam), ယာမ် (yam), ရံ (ram)

Etymology 1

Alternative forms

• ရံ (ram)

Classifier

ရန် • (ran)

1. numerical classifier for pairs of things, e.g. shoes

   ဖိနပ်တစ်ရန် ― hpi.naptacran ― one pair of shoes

Etymology 2

Noun

ရန် • (ran)

1. quarrel

Derived terms

• ရန်ကုန် (rankun)
• ရန်ဖြစ် (ranhprac)

Etymology 3

Particle

ရန် • (ran)

1. (literary) in order to, so as to

Usage notes

Burmese is a diglossic language. This construct is used exclusively in the formal, literary (written) register. See synonyms for the informal, colloquial (spoken) equivalent form(s).

Synonyms

• အတွက် (a.twak) (formal, literary)
• အလို့ငှါ (a.lui.hnga) (formal, literary)
• အံ့သောငှါ (am.sau:hnga) (formal, literary)
• ဖို့ (hpui.) (informal, colloquial)
• အောင် (aung) (informal, colloquial)

References

• “ရန်” in Myanmar–English Dictionary (Myanmar Language Commission 1993). Searchable online at SEAlang.net.

Mon

Etymology

Borrowed from Burmese ရည် (rany).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ròn/

Verb

ရန် (ran)

1. to (have) regard (to), consider, be concerned with

References

• Shorto, H.L. (1962) A Dictionary of Modern Spoken Mon‎^[1], London: Oxford University Press. Searchable online at SEAlang.net.