ဝန်

Burmese

Etymology

From Proto-Tibeto-Burman *wa(n/t) (“load, burden, transport”). Cognate with Tibetan [script needed] (h̥on, “to bring”) (STEDT).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /wʊ̀ɴ/
• Romanization: MLCTS: wan • ALA-LC: vanʻ • BGN/PCGN: wun • Okell: wuñ

Noun

ဝန် • (wan)

1. burden; load
2. responsibility
3. high-ranking executive officer

Derived terms

• ဆရာဝန် (hca.rawan)
• မြို့တော်ဝန် (mrui.tauwan)
• ဝန်ကြီး (wankri:)
• ဝန်ထမ်း (wanhtam:)
• ဝန်ထောက် (wanhtauk)
• ဝန်ရှင်တော် (wanhrangtau)

 

Descendants

• → English: woon
• → Mon: ဝန်
• → Shan: ဝုၼ်ႇလူင် (wùn lǔung)

Further reading

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

Mon

Etymology

From Burmese ဝန် (wan).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /wòn/

Noun

ဝန် (wan)

1. government official

References

• Shorto, H.L. (1962) A Dictionary of Modern Spoken Mon‎^[1], London: Oxford University Press. Searchable online at SEAlang.net.