ပြောင်း

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Archived revision by Hoke Kim (talk | contribs) as of 00:41, 7 September 2022.
Jump to navigation Jump to search

Burmese

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pjáʊɴ/
  • Romanization: MLCTS: praung: • ALA-LC: proṅʻʺ • BGN/PCGN: pyaung: • Okell: pyaùñ

Etymology 1

Likely related to (OC *roːns, “disorder”) (Baxter, 1992). Perhaps related to Tibetan སྤྲུལ་བ (sprul ba, to transform) (Shi, 2000). Cognate with Chinese (bian, change). Compare with Korean (byeon, change).

Verb

ပြောင်း (praung:)

  1. to change, alter
တချို့တွေက ဘယ်တော့မှ ပြောင်းta.hkyui.tweka. bhaitau.hma. ma.praung:Some things never change

Derived terms

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

ပြောင်း (praung:)

  1. millet (any of a group of various types of grass or its grains used as food)
    Synonyms: ပြောင်းဆန် (praung:hcan), နှံစားပြောင်း (hnamca:praung:)
  2. maize, corn (type of grain of the species Zea mays)
    Synonyms: ပြောင်းဖူး (praung:hpu:), ခွံပြောင်း (hkwampraung:)

Derived terms

Further reading

  • ပြောင်း 1 ‘millet’” in The Judson Burmese–English Dictionary (Rangoon: American Baptist Mission Press 1921), page 675.
  • ပြောင်း 2 ‘change’” in The Judson Burmese–English Dictionary (Rangoon: American Baptist Mission Press 1921), page 676.
  • ပြောင်း” in Myanmar–English Dictionary (Myanmar Language Commission 1993). Searchable online at SEAlang.net.