ဆင့်

Burmese

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sʰɪ̰ɴ/
  • Romanization: MLCTS: hcang. • ALA-LC: chaṅʻʹ • BGN/PCGN: hsin. • Okell: hsíñ

Etymology 1

Verb

ဆင့် • (hcang.)

  1. to put one on top of the other, pile up, stack up

Noun

ဆင့် • (hcang.)

  1. joist
  2. ledge running along the wall
  3. (same as အဆင့် (a.hcang.)) tier, shelf, status, position, grade, standard

Adverb

ဆင့် • (hcang.)

  1. in succession

Derived terms

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Doesn't seem to be mentioned by STEDT, and unclear if mentioned by Luce 1981.”)

Verb

ဆင့် • (hcang.)

  1. to summon
  2. to order somebody to do something
Derived terms

Further reading

Eastern Pwo

Etymology

From Proto-Karen *chjaɴᴬ. Cognate with Western Pwo ဆၫ့, S'gaw Karen ဆီ (hsaw).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [t͡ɕʰɑ̃ɔ̯̃˥˩]

Noun

ဆင့် (châɴ)

  1. chicken

References

  • A. Kato (2009) “A Basic Vocabulary of Htoklibang Pwo Karen with Hpa-an, Kyonbyaw, and Proto-Pwo Karen Forms”, in Asian and African Languages and Linguistics, volume 4, page 200