Nyah Kur edit

Etymology edit

From Old Mon ပန် (pan),[1] from Proto-Mon-Khmer *punʔ, *puən. Cognate with Mon ပန်, Khmer បួន (buən), Vietnamese bốn.

Pronunciation edit

Numeral edit

ปัน (pan)

  1. four.

References edit

  1. ^ Jenny, Mathias (2001). A Short Introduction to the Mon Language.

Thai edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Tai *panᴬ (to divide). Cognate with Northern Thai ᨸᩢ᩠ᨶ, Lao ປັນ (pan), Shan ပၼ် (pǎn). Compare Middle Chinese (MC pjun|bjunH, “to divide, distribute”), (MC bjun|paen, “to compare, bestow”), (MC bjun|paen, “to distribute”).

Pronunciation edit

Orthographic/Phonemicปัน
p ạ n
RomanizationPaiboonbpan
Royal Institutepan
(standard) IPA(key)/pan˧/(R)

Verb edit

ปัน (bpan) (abstract noun การปัน)

  1. To share, divide into shares.