Rakhine

English

Etymology

From Burmese ရခိုင် (ra.hkuing).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /rəˈkaɪn/

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Noun

Rakhine pl (plural only)

1. An ethnic group in Myanmar (Burma), forming the majority along the coastal region of present-day Rakhine State. They were formerly called the Arakanese.

Translations

Translations

• Bengali: মগ (mog), মারমা (marma), রাখাইন (rakhain)
• Burmese: ရခိုင်လူမျိုး (ra.hkuinglu-myui:), ရခိုင် (my) (ra.hkuing)
• Chinese: 若開／若开 (zh) (Ruòkāi)
• Pa'o Karen: ရခဲင်ႏ
• Persian:

  Classical Persian: مگ (fa) (mag)

• Rohingya: please add this translation if you can
• Shan: ယၶႅင်ႇ (shn) (yǎ khèng), ရၶႅင်ႇ (shn) (rǎ khèng)

Proper noun

Rakhine

1. The Arakanese language.
2. A state of Myanmar

   Synonym: Rakhine State

Synonyms

• Arakanese
• Aracanese

See also

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Rakhine terms

Anagrams

• Hanerik