ခင်

• IPA^(key): /kʰɪ̀ɴ/
• Romanization: MLCTS: hkang • ALA-LC: khaṅʻ • BGN/PCGN: hkin • Okell: hkiñ

ခင် • (hkang)

1. to be friendly with, be loving, be fond of, have an attachment for (someone)
2. to be favorable, to ready (used in conjunction with မ (ma.))

ခင် • (hkang)

1. term of endearment for a woman
2. (same as အခင် (a.hkang)) reed in a wind instrument

ခင် • (hkang)

1. a word that indicates that something has been done in advance: before
2. (used in conjunction with a verb with the မ (ma.) prefix) not yet, before (doing, eating, etc.)

   မိုးမရွာခင် ― mui:ma.rwahkang ― before it rains

ခင် • (hkang)

1. numerical classifier used in counting skeins of wool or cotton

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *kaŋ (“hill, ridge, mountain”); see Old Chinese 岡 (OC *klaːŋ, “ridge, crest of hill; mountain”) for more (STEDT).

ခင် • (hkang)

1. ridge (of land, narrow elevation across a surface

ခင် • (hkang)

1. across (the bleak land)

Borrowed from Chinese 琴 (qín, “zither”).

ခင် • (hkang)

1. a stringed musical instrument somewhat like the Burmese ဒုံမင်း (dummang:), but played with bamboo strikers
2. an instrument such as a harp

From Proto-Lolo-Burmese *kaŋ (“father, grandfather, honorific”). See also Old Chinese 翁 (OC *qloːŋ, “old man”) and 公 (OC *kloːŋ, “duke, high-ranked male”) for further discussion of possible cognates (STEDT).

ခင် • (hkang)

1. (archaic, in compounds) Lord, master

ခင် • (hkang)

1. a unisex given name

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

ခင် (khaṅ)

1. alternative form of ခၚ်

From Proto-Karen *khaŋᴮ (“leg”). (Luangthongkum, 2019) Cognate with S'gaw Karen ခီၣ် (khaẁ), Western Pwo ခၪ့.

• (Northern Pa'o) IPA^(key): /kʰaŋ⁵⁵/
• (Southern Pa'o) IPA^(key): /kʰaŋ³³/

ခင် (transliteration needed)

1. leg.
2. foot.