စွန်

Burmese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sʊ̀ɴ/
• Romanization: MLCTS: cwan • ALA-LC: cvanʻ • BGN/PCGN: sun • Okell: suñ

Etymology 1

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *dzwan (“hawk; kite”). Cognate with Old Chinese 鳶 (OC *ɢʷen, “hawk, kite”) (STEDT).

Noun

စွန် • (cwan)

1. kite (bird or device)

Derived terms

• စွန်ကုပ် (cwankup)
• စွန်တောင်ဆွဲ (cwantaunghcwai:)
• စွန်ရဲ (cwanrai:)
• စွန်လွှတ် (cwanhlwat)
• စွန်သုတ် (cwansut)
• ရွှေစွန်ညိုကစားနည်း (hrwecwannyuika.ca:nany:)
• လိပ်စွန် (lipcwan)

 

Etymology 2

Verb

စွန် • (cwan)

1. to have a sty (inflammation, pimple, wart, etc.) in one's eye

Derived terms

• မျက်စိစွန် (myakci.cwan)

 

Further reading

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