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ဆန်

Burmese

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /sʰàɴ/
  • Romanization: MLCTS: hcan • ALA-LC: chanʻ • BGN/PCGN: hsan • Okell: hsañ
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Etymology 1

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Cognate with Nuosu ꍯ (che), Lolopo cei. Luce compares Old Chinese 粲 (OC *sʰaːns, “polished white rice”).[1]

Noun

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ဆန် • (hcan)

  1. uncooked rice, husked paddy
  2. seed, grain, kernel
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Etymology 2

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This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.
Particularly: “Not given etymology by STEDT (chan "contravene authority; go upriver, go against the wind"), and not mentioned by Luce 1981.”

Verb

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ဆန် • (hcan)

  1. to go upstream, go against the current, go against the wind
  2. (of wind in the abdomen) to rise
  3. to make one's gorge rise
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Etymology 3

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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Not mentioned by STEDT or Luce 1981.”)

Verb

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ဆန် • (hcan)

  1. to resemble, be like, be similar to (usually of ways and manners)
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References

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  1. ^ Luce, G. H. (1981) “-AN Finals (9. Husked Rice)”, in A Comparative Word-List of Old Burmese, Chinese and Tibetan, London: School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, →ISBN, page 52

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