တလိုင်း
Burmese edit
Etymology 1 edit
Uncertain. Attributed to Telugu తెలంగాణ (telaṅgāṇa). Various folk etymologies, interpreting the name as a compound meaning "one trodden under foot, slave"[1] or "father, [we] perish",[2][3] contributed to the word being regarded as derogatory.[2]
Pronunciation edit
- Phonetic respelling: တ'လိုင်း
- IPA(key): /təláɪɴ/
- Romanization: MLCTS: ta.luing: • ALA-LC: taluiṅʻʺ • BGN/PCGN: tălaing: • Okell: tălaìñ
Proper noun edit
တလိုင်း • (ta.luing:)
- (Can we verify(+) this sense?) (historical, now offensive) Mon
Synonyms edit
Derived terms edit
- တလိုင်းသံ (ta.luing:sam)
Descendants edit
Etymology 2 edit
(Can we verify(+) this sense?) Borrowed from Shan တႆးလူင် (tái lǔung, “Shan”).
Pronunciation edit
- Phonetic respelling: တ'လိုင်း
- IPA(key): /təláɪɴ/
- Romanization: MLCTS: ta.luing: • ALA-LC: taluiṅʻʺ • BGN/PCGN: tălaing: • Okell: tălaìñ [4]
Proper noun edit
တလိုင်း • (ta.luing:)
- (historical, obsolete) Shan
- Any ally of the Shans in the Shan Revolution of 1740, including Mons
Synonyms edit
- တိုင်းလိုင်း (tuing:luing:)
- တလိုင်းလူမျိုး (ta.luing:lu-myui:)
References edit
- “တလိုင်း” in The Judson Burmese–English Dictionary (Rangoon: American Baptist Mission Press 1921), page 473.
- Adoniram Judson, Robert Charles Stevenson, Judson's Burmese-English Dictionary (1893 edition), page 507 (Google): "တလိုင်း, n. a Peguan Talaing; [..] [Alompra stigmatized them with an appellation suggestive at once of their submission and disgrace. Talaing means 'one who is trodden under foot, a slave.' The word is made up of the Mûn root (လိုင်း) 'lain,' to tread under foot, and the nominal particle တ 'ta,' တလိုင်း implying persons trodden upon, 'slaves.']."
- Adoniram Judson, A Dictionary Burmese and English (1883), page 289 (Google): "တလိုင်း, n. a Peguan or Talaing, [..]"