ခင်ပွန်း

Burmese

Etymology

The first syllable, ခင် (hkang), is from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *kaŋ (“father, grandfather; honorific term for males”), whence perhaps Old Chinese 公 (OC *kloːŋ, “male; duke”), and is also found in ခင်ဗျား (hkangbya:, “you (polite, used by males)”). The second syllable, ပွန်း (pwan:), is from Proto-Lolo-Burmese *bwa (“grandmother”), from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *pʷa-n ~ *bʷa-n (“idem”), whence ဘွား (bhwa:, “grandmother”) and Old Chinese 婆 (OC *baːl, “old woman; grandmother”) (STEDT).

Pronunciation

• Phonetic respelling: ခင်ဗွန်း
• IPA^(key): /kʰɪ̀ɴbʊ́ɴ/
• Romanization: MLCTS: hkangpwan: • ALA-LC: khaṅʻpvanʻʺ • BGN/PCGN: hkinbun: • Okell: hkiñpùñ

Noun

ခင်ပွန်း • (hkangpwan:)

1. (formal, polite) husband
2. intimate friend

Derived terms

• အဆွေခင်ပွန်း (a.hcwehkangpwan:, “dear friend”)

 

See also

• လင် (lang)

Further reading

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