ထောင်

Burmese

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tʰàʊɴ/
  • Romanization: MLCTS: htaung • ALA-LC: thoṅʻ • BGN/PCGN: htaung • Okell: htauñ

Etymology 1

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Noun

ထောင် • (htaung)

  1. prison
Derived terms
Descendants
  • Shan: ထွင်ႇ (thàung)
  • Mon: ထံၚ်

Verb

ထောင် • (htaung)

  1. to stand
  2. to set up
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s-toŋ.

Numeral

ထောင် • (htaung) (digit ၁၀၀၀)

  1. thousand
Synonyms

References

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