ဝန်
Burmese
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /wʊ̀ɴ/
- Romanization: MLCTS: wan • ALA-LC: vanʻ • BGN/PCGN: wun • Okell: wuñ
Noun
ဝန် • (wan)
- burden; load
- responsibility
- high ranking executive officer
Derived terms
- ဆရာဝန် (hca.rawan)
- မြို့တော်ဝန် (mrui.tauwan)
- ဝန်ကြီး (wankri:)
- ဝန်ထမ်း (wanhtam:)
- ဝန်ထောက် (wanhtauk)
- ဝန်ရှင်တော် (wanhrangtau)
Descendants
- → Mon: ဝန်
- → Shan: ဝုၼ်ႇလူင် (wùn lǔung)
Further reading
- “ဝန်” in Myanmar–English Dictionary (Myanmar Language Commission 1993). Searchable online at SEAlang.net.
Mon
Etymology
From Burmese ဝန် (wan).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /wòn/
Noun
ဝန် (wan)
- government official
References
- Shorto, H.L. (1962) A Dictionary of Modern Spoken Mon, London: Oxford University Press. Searchable online at SEAlang.net.