ရင်

See also: ရှင့်, ရှင်, and ရောင်း

Burmese

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /jɪ̀ɴ/

Romanization: MLCTS: rang • ALA-LC: raṅʻ • BGN/PCGN: yin • Okell: yiñ

Etymology 1

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *b/g-raŋ. Cognate with Tibetan བྲང (brang, “chest, breast”).

Noun

ရင် • (rang)

breast, chest

Synonyms

ရင်ဘတ် (rangbhat)

Etymology 2

Colloquial form of လျှင် (hlyang).

Conjunction

ရင် • (rang)

(colloquial) if
- 2006, Gene Mesher, Burmese for Beginners, p. 111:
  အဲဒီကို သွားရင် ဘယ် လောက်လဲ။
  ai:dikui swa:rang bhai lauklai:||
  If [we] go there, how much?

Synonyms

က (ka.)
လျှင် (hlyang) (literary)
အကယ်၍ (a.kairwe)

References

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

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.