အရှင်
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Burmese
[edit]Etymology
[edit]အ- (a.-) + ရှင် (hrang), from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *zrjaŋ ~ rjaŋ (“uncle, superior”) (Schuessler (2007), STEDT; cf. Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s-tjaŋ (“upper part, rise, raise, top, summit”)). Cognate with 尚 (OC *djaŋ, *djaŋs) "upwards", Tibetan ཨ་ཞང (a zhang, “maternal uncle”), Chinese 丈 (zhàng), etc.
Pronunciation
[edit]- Phonetic respelling: အ'ရှင်
- IPA(key): /ʔəʃɪ̀ɴ/
- Romanization: MLCTS: a.hrang • ALA-LC: ʼarhaṅʻ • BGN/PCGN: ăshin • Okell: ăhyiñ
Etymology 1
[edit]Noun
[edit]အရှင် • (a.hrang)
Alternative forms
[edit]- အသျှင် (a.hsyang)
Derived terms
[edit]- အရှင်ဘုရား (a.hrangbhu.ra:)
- အရှင်သခင် (a.hrangsa.hkang)
Etymology 2
[edit]Noun
[edit]အရှင် • (a.hrang)
- anything living or alive
- anything unfixed, detached or flexible
Further reading
[edit]- “အရှင်” in Myanmar–English Dictionary (Myanmar Language Commission 1993). Searchable online at SEAlang.net.