See also: ရုံး

Burmese

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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Perhaps derived from Malay ruang, and cognate with Mon ရိုၚ်, Thai โรง (roong), Khmer រោង (roong).[1]

Noun

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ရုံ (rum)

  1. clump, bush
  2. generic term for shelter, shed, building
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Etymology 2

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Borrowed from Pali ārāma. Contraction of အာရာမ (arama.).

Noun

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ရုံ (rum)

  1. (Buddhism) used in the names of Buddhist monasteries
    မဟာဂန္ဓာရုံကျောင်းတိုက်
    ma.hagandharumkyaung:tuik
    Mahagandhayon Monastery

Etymology 3

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Verb

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ရုံ (rum)

  1. to wear or put on
    Synonym: ဝတ် (wat)
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Etymology 4

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Particle

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ရုံ (rum)

  1. only (particle suffixed to a verb to convey the sense of being limited in degree or extent)

References

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  1. ^ Mathias Jenny (2021 August 9) Paul Sidwell, Mathias Jenny, editors, 25 The national languages of MSEA: Burmese, Thai, Lao, Khmer, Vietnamese[1] (in Burmese), De Gruyter, →DOI, →ISBN, pages 599–622