အရှင်
Burmese
Etymology
အ- (a.-) + ရှင် (hrang), from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *(z)rjaŋ (“uncle, superior”) (Schuessler (2007), STEDT; cf. Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s-tjaŋ (“upper part, rise, raise, top, summit”)). Cognate with 尚 (OC *djaŋ, *djaŋs) "upwards", Tibetan ཨ་ཞང (a zhang, “maternal uncle”), Chinese 丈, etc.
Pronunciation
- Phonetic respelling: အ'ရှင်
- IPA(key): /ʔəʃɪ̀ɴ/
- Romanization: MLCTS: a.hrang • ALA-LC: ʼarhaṅʻ • BGN/PCGN: ăshin • Okell: ăhyiñ
Etymology 1
အ- (a.-) + ရှင် (hrang)
Noun
အရှင် • (a.hrang)
- lord; master
- (honorific) a title used by Buddhist monks and nobles
Alternative forms
- အသျှင် (a.hsyang)
Derived terms
- အရှင်ဘုရား (a.hrangbhu.ra:)
- အရှင်သခင် (a.hrangsa.hkang)
Noun
အရှင် • (a.hrang)
- anything living or alive
- anything unfixed, detached or flexible
Further reading
- “အရှင်” in Myanmar–English Dictionary (Myanmar Language Commission 1993). Searchable online at SEAlang.net.