ဝန်း
Burmese
editPronunciation
edit- IPA(key): /wʊ́ɴ/
- Romanization: MLCTS: wan: • ALA-LC: vanʻʺ • BGN/PCGN: wun: • Okell: wùñ
Etymology 1
editPossibly from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *m/s-gaw (“head”), with a noun-forming suffix *-n (Schuessler, 2003; STEDT). Cognate with Chinese 圓/圆 (yuán), Chinese 元 (yuán).
Adjective
editဝန်း • (wan:)
Noun
editဝန်း • (wan:)
Verb
editဝန်း • (wan:)
Derived terms
edit- စက်ဝန်း (cak-wan:)
- ပတ်ဝန်းကျင် (pat-wan:kyang)
- ဝန်းကျင် (wan:kyang)
Etymology 2
editCognate with Chinese 圓/圆 (yuán, “circle” > “round coin”), Korean 원 (won). Compare Japanese 円 (en), Mandarin 元 (yuán). Doublet of ဝမ် (wam) and ဝေါန် (waun).
Noun
editဝန်း • (wan:)
- won; the official currency of South Korea, sign = ₩ (KRW)
- won; the official currency of North Korea (KPW)
Alternative forms
editSee also
edit- တောင်ကိုရီးယား ဝန်း on the Burmese Wikipedia.Wikipedia my