မင်
Burmese
မင် (mang)
Etymology
From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s-maŋ ~ s-mak (“black, dark; ink”). Cognate with Tibetan སྨག (smag, “dark, darkness”), མོག་པ (mog pa, “dark-coloured”) and Chinese 墨 (mò, “ink”).
The Myanmar-English Dictionary’s derivation from Pali masi (“soot”) is phonologically implausible.
Pronunciation
- Phonetic respelling: မှင်
- IPA(key): /m̥ɪ̀ɴ/
- Romanization: MLCTS: mang • ALA-LC: maṅʻ • BGN/PCGN: hmin • Okell: hmiñ
Noun
မင် • (mang)
- ink (colored fluid used for writing)
Descendants
- → Mon: မှၚ် (hmɛŋ)
References
- “မင်” in Myanmar–English Dictionary (Myanmar Language Commission 1993). Searchable online at SEAlang.net.
Mon
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mɛ̀ŋ/
Verb
မင် (maṅ)
- Alternative form of မၚ်