ဒန်

See also: ဒန်း

Burmese

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit ताम्र (tāmra, “copper”).

Pronunciation

• Phonetic respelling: အ'လူမီနီယမ်
• IPA^(key): /ʔəlùmìnìjàɴ/
• Romanization: MLCTS: dan • ALA-LC: danʻ • BGN/PCGN: ăluminiyan • Okell: ăluminiyañ

Noun

ဒန် • (dan)

1. (alchemy) copper
2. aluminum

Synonyms

• အလူမီနီယမ် (a.luminiyam)

Derived terms

• ဒန်အိုး (dan-ui:)

 

Further reading

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