စိၚ်

စိၚ်

See also: စံၚ်

Mon

Alternative forms

• စိင်[1]

Pronunciation

• (Myanmar) IPA^(key): /coɲ/, [c͡çoʲŋ̚][2]
  • (Kaw Kyaik) IPA^(key): /coiŋ/[3]
• (Thailand) IPA^(key): /coɲ/, [c͡çɤn̚][2]
  • (Pak Kret District) IPA^(key): /cəɲ/[4]
  • (Lopburi) IPA^(key): /cəːn/[5]

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Etymology 1

From Old Mon ciṅ ~ cīṅ, from Proto-Mon-Khmer *()ciiŋ (“elephant”). Cognate with Nyah Kur จีญ (chiiny), Ong ciɛŋ, Semai chiik.

Noun

စိၚ် (ciṅ)

1. elephant[1][3][4][5][2]

Derived terms

• ဂြၚ်စိၚ် (graṅ ciṅ, noun)
• မတ်စိၚ် (mat ciṅ, noun)
• ၜဴလုပ်ပါၚ်စိၚ် (ḅau lup pāṅ ciṅ)

• စိၚ်ကၟက်
• စိၚ်ဂြၚ်
• စိၚ်ဂြိုပ်
• စိၚ်ဗတာၚ်
• စိၚ်ဗၠာဲ
• စိၚ်ဟေၚ်
• စိၚ်ၝောအ်

 

Noun

စိၚ် (ciṅ)

1. ridgepole of house[3]

Classifier

စိၚ် (ciṅ)

1. (Pak Kret District) used for counting houses[4]

References

1. Haswell, J. M. (1874) Grammatical Notes and Vocabulary of the Peguan Language‎, Rangoon: American Mission Press, page 58
2. Jenny, Mathias (2015), “Modern Mon”, in Mathias Jenny and Paul Sidwell, editors, The Handbook of Austroasian Languages‎, volume 1, Leiden and Boston: Brill, DOI:10.1163/9789004283572_010, →ISBN, page 557 of 553–600
3. Shorto, H.L. (1962) A Dictionary of Modern Spoken Mon‎, London: Oxford University Press. Searchable online at SEAlang.net.
4. Sakamoto, Yasuyuki (1994) Mon - Japanese Dictionary‎ (in Japanese), Tokyo: Institute for the Study of Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies, page 159
5. จำปี ซือสัตย์ (2007[2008]), “ช้าง”, in พจนานุกรมไทย-มอญ สำเนียงมอญลพบุรี [Thai-Mon (Lopburi Dialect) Dictionary] (in Thai), ปทุมธานี: วัดจันทน์กะพ้อ, page 56