တန်

တန်

Burmese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tàɴ/
• Romanization: MLCTS: tan • ALA-LC: tanʻ • BGN/PCGN: tan • Okell: tañ

Etymology 1

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

Verb

တန် • (tan)

1. to be worth.
2. to be worthy of; deserve.
3. to fit; befit.

Etymology 2

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

Verb

တန် • (tan)

1. to stop; cease; desist.

Etymology 3

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)Compare Mon တန် (“cheap”).

Adjective

တန် • (tan)

1. worthless; good for nothing.

Etymology 4

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

Classifier

တန် • (tan)

1. numerical classifier used in counting different legs of a journey, component parts of abstract concepts.

Etymology 5

From English ton

Noun

တန် • (tan)

1. ton (unit of weight).

References

• “တန်” in Myanmar–English Dictionary (Myanmar Language Commission 1993). Searchable online at SEAlang.net.

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Mon

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɔn/[1]

• (file)

Etymology 1

From Burmese တန်း (tan:)[1]

Noun

တန် (tan)

1. class, standard, grade in school.[1]

   မၞးဗ္တောန်ဒၟံၚ်ပ္ဍဲတန်လဵုရော။

   mnaḥbtondmaṃṅpḍoatanliuwro.

   Which class are you in?

Etymology 2

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

Noun

တန် (tan)

1. bamboo rat[2]

Alternative forms

• တုန် (tun)

Etymology 3

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)Compare Burmese တန် (tan, “worthless”).

Verb

တန် (tan)

1. to be cheap.[1]

   အဲသွံဂၠဴအဲတန်တန်။[1]

   ʼoaswaʼglaoʼoatantan.

   I sold my cattle cheap.

Verb

တန် (tan)

1. Alternative spelling of သ္တန် (“to stand”)[3]

Etymology 5

Inherited from Old Mon တူန် (“to return”)[4]

Alternative forms

• တုန် (tun)

Verb

တန် (tan)

1. to recur[2]

Preposition

တန် (tan)

1. Marks change of subject of discourse.[2]

References

1. Shorto, H.L. (1962) A Dictionary of Modern Spoken Mon‎, London: Oxford University Press. Searchable online at SEAlang.net.
2. Shorto, H.L. (1962) A Dictionary of Modern Spoken Mon‎, London: Oxford University Press. Searchable online at SEAlang.net. (Look word up in the form တုန်.)
3. R. Halliday (1922) A Mon-English Dictionary‎, Bangkok: Siam Society, pages 184 & 438
4. Jenny, Mathias (2005) The verb system of Mon, University of Zurich, DOI:10.5167/uzh-110202, →ISBN, page 189: “Another OM verb, ‹tūn› ‘return, go back’ has developed into a particle denoting emphasis or topicality in LM.”