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ရှင်

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Burmese

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ʃɪ̀ɴ/
  • Romanization: MLCTS: hrang • ALA-LC: rhaṅʻ • BGN/PCGN: shin • Okell: hyiñ
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Etymology 1

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Contraction of အသျှင် (a.hsyang, lord)..

Noun

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ရှင် (hrang)

  1. (same as အရှင် (a.hrang)) master, lord, noble, powerful person, owner, proprietor
  2. monk, novice
  3. prefix to the name or title of a monk or noble
  4. prefix to a woman's name

Pronoun

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ရှင် (hrang)

  1. (women's speech) you (singular, polite, used by females)
    ရှင်နာမည်ဘယ်လိုခေါ်လဲ
    hrangnamanybhailuihkausa.lai:||
    What is your name?
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Particle

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ရှင် (hrang)

  1. yes (polite word of response by women)
  2. (women's speech)polite term of address made by a woman: sir, madam
  3. interrogative rejoinder made by a woman: "sir?"
Usage notes
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Put at the end of a sentence as a polite term of address to the listener. Used by females.

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Etymology 2

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From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s-riŋ ~ s-r(j)aŋ (to live, to be alive). Cognate with Tibetan གསིང་མ (gsing ma, pastureland), Old Chinese (*sreŋ, sreŋ-s, to live, be born), and Chinese (shēng, animal) (STEDT)

Verb

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ရှင် (hrang)

  1. to live, be alive
  2. to be sharp (of sight)
  3. to flash (of light in gems)
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