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မွန်

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Burmese

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /mʊ̀ɴ/
  • Romanization: MLCTS: mwan • ALA-LC: mvanʻ • BGN/PCGN: mun • Okell: muñ

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 (mwan "good"). Luce 1981's comparison with Tibetan སྨོན (smon, to wish, admire, pray) seems reasonable, though the comparison with Old Chinese (OC *b·rons, “to love”) appears phonetically problematic.”

Adjective

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မွန် (mwan)

  1. noble, good
  2. a female given name
Derived terms
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Etymology 2

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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Perhaps a semantic extension of the "noble, good" sense of Etymology 1.”)

Pronoun

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မွန် (mwan)

  1. (obsolete) term of address used among women

Etymology 3

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From Mon မန်. Previously known as တလိုင်း (ta.luing:) in the pre-colonial era.

Proper noun

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မွန် (mwan)

  1. Mon
  2. (~ပြည်နယ်) Mon State (an administrative subdivision in Myanmar)
Synonyms
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Derived terms
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Descendants
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  • English: Mon
  • Thai: มอญ (mɔɔn)
  • Shan: မွၼ်း (máun)

See also

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divisions of Myanmaredit

Further reading

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