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ပြန်

See also: ပန်း and ပန်

Burmese

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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Inherited from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *bran (“to convalesce, recover, return”). Cognate with Old Chinese 般 (OC *praːn, *paːn, *baːn, “to rotate, go back and forth”) (STEDT).

Verb

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ပြန် • (pran)

  1. to go back, return
  2. to translate
  3. to recount, relate, recite
  4. to reply
  5. to read out (an order)
  6. to reflect

Particle

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ပြန် • (pran)

  1. particle suffixed to verbs indicating repetition
  2. particle suffixed to nouns denoting one who has returned from a certain place or life, or one who has returned to his former status

Classifier

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ပြန် • (pran)

  1. numerical classifier indicating number of times

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • → Lü: ᦔᦊᦱᧃᧈ (ṗẏaan¹, “to translate”)

Etymology 2

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Borrowed from Sanskrit प्राण (prāṇa, “breath, used also as a measure of time”).

Noun

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ပြန် • (pran)

  1. (archaic) A Myanmar measure of time equivalent to four seconds or ten ခရာ (hka.ra)

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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 sorted into any of the above senses by MED. Could very well be ad-hoc sound-symbolic.”

Adjective

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ပြန် • (pran)

  1. used in ပြန့်ပြန့်ရန့်ရန့် (pran.pran.ran.ran., “flat and even; not crumpled, unwrinkled”)

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