ရာဇဝင်

Burmese

Etymology

From Pali rāja + Pali vaṃsa. Cognate with Mon ရာဇာဝၚ် and Shan ရႃႇဝၢင်ႇ (ràa wàang).

Pronunciation

• Phonetic respelling: ရာဇ'ဝင်
• IPA^(key): /jàzəwɪ̀ɴ/
• Romanization: MLCTS: raja.wang • ALA-LC: rājavaṅʻ • BGN/PCGN: yazăwin • Okell: yazăwiñ

Noun

ရာဇဝင် • (raja.wang)

1. chronicle
2. history

Descendants

• → Shan: ရႃႇဝၢင်ႇ (ràa wàang)

Further reading

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