သတင်း

Burmese

Etymology

Cognate with Lhao Vo laudao: (“news”).

This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.
Particularly: “Not given etymology by STEDT (tθɑ⁵³ tĩ⁵⁵ "news / message"), and MED considers this an atomic word. Luce mentions a word, romanized as "sataṅ:", with meaning "piety, purity, fast day", and compares it to Old Chinese 聖 (OC *hljeŋs, “holy”).^[1] Is this the same in Burmese spelling as the "news" sense? If so, perhaps semantic shift "pure day" > "the goings-on around the pure days" > "news"?”

Pronunciation

Phonetic respelling: +သ'ဒင်း
IPA^(key): /ðədɪ́ɴ/
Romanization: MLCTS: sa.tang: • ALA-LC: sataṅʻʺ • BGN/PCGN: dhădin: • Okell: thătìñ

Noun

သတင်း • (sa.tang:)

news

Derived terms

References

^ Luce, G. H. (1981) “-AṄ Finals (62. Piety; Purity; Fast day)”, in A Comparative Word-List of Old Burmese, Chinese and Tibetan‎^[1], London: School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, →ISBN