Talaing

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Burmese တလိုင်း (ta.luing:).

Proper noun

Talaing

1. Mon.

   Synonyms: Mon, Peguan

Noun

Talaing (plural Talaings or Talaing)

1. Mon.
   • 1917, Robert Halliday, The Talaings‎^[1], →OCLC, page 2:

     The Talaings in Burma, who retain the use of their own language and keep up their separate nationality , are found chiefly in the Thaton and Amherst districts. In Siam they are found chiefly on the Menam and Meklawng rivers, living in separate villages and maintaining their own customs.

   • 1977, Gordon T. Bowles, The People of Asia (Peoples of the World Series)‎^[2], New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 191:

     Today the Mon-speaking Talaing still occupy parts of southern Burma.

   • 2005, Francis Dorai, editor, Burma (Insight Guides)‎^[3], Updated edition, published 2006, →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL, page 153:

     A mythological duck
     To fully appreciate a trip to Bago 8, the visitor should first understand the history of the Talaing (Mon) people. Like the Pyu — predecessors of the Bamar — they originally came from the north. The Talaing, who arrived before the Pyu, ventured down the Thanlwin River rather than the Ayeyarwady. Theirs was the “Golden Land of Suvannabhumi”, which stretched from what is today Malaysia to. the Bay of Bengal. The Talaing built their capital, Thaton, on the east side of the Sittoung (Sittang) River.

   • 2017, Michael A. Aung-Thwin, The Mists of Rāmañña / The Legend That Was Lower Burma, page 261:

     One of the most important issues enmeshed in the historiography of early Burma is the notion of the “downtrodden Talaing.” This is the belief that King Alaungpaya in the eighteenth century had conducted a war of extermination of the Mon people, enslaved them, and had deliberately created a derogatory Burmese term (talaing) to be used thenceforth for the Mon people.

     (This book denies the claims of early Mon prominence in Burma)

Adjective

Talaing (comparative more Talaing, superlative most Talaing)

1. Mon.

   Synonyms: Mon, Peguan

   • 2017 [1894], Richard Carnac Temple, Notes On Antiquities in Ramannadesa (The Talaing Country of Burma.):

     (The quotation is the title itself.)

   • 1996, Carol Rose, Spirits, Fairies, Gnomes, and Goblins: An Encyclopedia of the Little People‎^[4], →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 98:

     EINGSAUNG
     In the folk beliefs of the Burman and Talaing people of Burma, these nats are benevolent house guardians that dwell in the south corner of the home in a post decorated with leaves. They are propitiated with offerings of coconuts.

Further reading

• “Talaing”, in Collins English Dictionary.
• “Talaing”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
• “Talaing”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
• “Talaing” in TheFreeDictionary.com, Huntingdon Valley, Pa.: Farlex, Inc., 2003–2024.