ဝန်း
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Burmese
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /wʊ́ɴ/
- Romanization: MLCTS: wan: • ALA-LC: vanʻʺ • BGN/PCGN: wun: • Okell: wùñ
Etymology 1
[edit]Possibly from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *m/s-gaw (“head”), with a noun-forming suffix *-n (Schuessler, 2003; STEDT). Cognate with Chinese 圓/圆 (yuán), Chinese 元 (yuán).
Adjective
[edit]ဝန်း • (wan:)
Noun
[edit]ဝန်း • (wan:)
Verb
[edit]ဝန်း • (wan:)
Derived terms
[edit]- စက်ဝန်း (cak-wan:)
- ပတ်ဝန်းကျင် (pat-wan:kyang)
- ဝန်းကျင် (wan:kyang)
Etymology 2
[edit]![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/10000_won_serieVI_obverse.jpeg/220px-10000_won_serieVI_obverse.jpeg)
Cognate with Chinese 圓/圆 (yuán, “circle” > “round coin”), Korean 원 (won). Compare Japanese 円 (en), Mandarin 元 (yuán). Doublet of ဝမ် (wam) and ဝေါန် (waun).
Noun
[edit]ဝန်း • (wan:)
- won; the official currency of South Korea, sign = ₩ (KRW)
- won; the official currency of North Korea (KPW)
Alternative forms
[edit]See also
[edit]တောင်ကိုရီးယား ဝန်း on the Burmese Wikipedia.Wikipedia my