ပြောင်

Burmese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pjàʊɴ/
• Romanization: MLCTS: praung • ALA-LC: proṅʻ • BGN/PCGN: pyaung • Okell: pyauñ

Etymology 1

Cognate with Burmese ပြင်း (prang:).

Verb

ပြောင် • (praung)

1. to shine
2. to shine; excel
3. to stand out
4. to be cleaned out
5. to poke fun at; joke; jest

Adjective

ပြောင် • (praung)

1. bare
2. bald
3. huge; great

Etymology 2

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *brawŋ (“wild yak, buffalo”) (STEDT, Boodberg 1937, Schuessler, 2007), cognate with Tibetan འབྲོང ('brong, “wild yak”), Chinese 犎 (fēng, “zebu”).

Noun

ပြောင် • (praung) (classifier ကောင်)

1. gaur

References

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