နန်း

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Burmese

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /náɴ/
  • Romanization: MLCTS: nan: • ALA-LC: nanʻʺ • BGN/PCGN: nan: • Okell: nàñ

Etymology 1

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This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.
Particularly: “Not given etymology by STEDT (nân "royal palace"). Luce tentatively suggests a comparison with Old Chinese 殿 (OC *tɯːns, *dɯːns, “palace; rear”) as a potential cognate.[1] The semantics are an exact match, though the phonetics don't quite align - more research into ancient phonology and morphology would be needed to verify or disprove the comparison, especially if the "rear" meaning for the Chinese isn't related.”

Noun

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နန်း • (nan:)

  1. palace
    နန်းတော် ― nan:tau ― royal palace
Synonyms
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Derived terms
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Descendants
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  • Mon: နန်
  • Eastern Pwo: နန်ႉ

Etymology 2

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This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.
Particularly: “Not mentioned by STEDT or Luce 1981. Could this be a loanword? That said, it doesn't seem like any of the neighboring national languages have a similar word.”

Noun

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နန်း • (nan:)

  1. filigree; thin thread of gold or other metal
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Etymology 3

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Borrowed from Shan ၼၢင်း (náang). Cognate with Modern Khmer នាង (niəng), Lü ᦓᦱᧂ (naang), Tai Nüa ᥢᥣᥒᥰ (näang), Vietnamese nàng, Thai นาง (naang).

Noun

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နန်း • (nan:)

  1. (honorific) a title used by Shan women

References

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  1. ^ Luce, G. H. (1981) “-AN Finals (18. Palace; Throne; Shrine)”, in A Comparative Word-List of Old Burmese, Chinese and Tibetan, London: School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, →ISBN, page 52

Further reading

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