Burmese

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ʃɪ̀ɴ/
  • Romanization: MLCTS: hrang • ALA-LC: rhaṅʻ • BGN/PCGN: shin • Okell: hyiñ
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Etymology 1

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Contraction of အသျှင် (a.hsyang, lord).

Pronoun

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ရှင် (hrang)

  1. (women's speech) you (singular, polite, used by females)
    ရှင်နာမည်ဘယ်လိုခေါ်လဲ
    hrangnamanybhailuihkausa.lai:||
    What is your name?
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Particle

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ရှင် (hrang)

  1. (women's speech) sir, madam
Usage notes
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Put at the end of a sentence as a polite term of address to the listener. Used by females.

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Etymology 2

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From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s-riŋ ~ s-r(j)aŋ (to live, to be alive). Cognate with Tibetan གསིང་མ (gsing ma, pastureland), Old Chinese (*sreŋ, sreŋ-s, to live, be born) and Chinese (shēng, animal).

Verb

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ရှင် (hrang)

  1. to live, be alive
  2. to be sharp (of sight)
  3. to flash (lights in gem)
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