ဆင်

• IPA^(key): /sʰɪ̀ɴ/
• Romanization: MLCTS: hcang • ALA-LC: chaṅʻ • BGN/PCGN: hsin • Okell: hsiñ

Luce compares the word to Old Chinese 匠 (OC *sbaŋs, “artisan”), based on a reconstructed Middle Chinese pronunciation *dzyaŋ;^[1] however, newer reconstructions of the Old Chinese pronunciation as *s.baŋ-s make this doubtful (though said reconstructions seem to be still under debate). See also Khmer ចាំង (cang, “to cut, chisel”).

The "design, pattern" and "resemble" senses are grouped with the "adorn, decorate" sense by MED, which appears semantically reasonable.

ဆင် • (hcang)

1. to adorn, decorate
2. to put together, assemble
3. to build up
4. to fabricate, scheme, frame
5. to resemble, be alike, bear a likeness to, be similar in appearance

ဆင် • (hcang)

1. design
2. pattern

From Proto-Lolo-Burmese *tsaŋ (“elephant”), apparently borrowed from Proto-Tai *ɟaːŋꟲ, ultimately from Middle Chinese 象 (MC zjangX).

ဆင် • (hcang)

1. elephant
2. (chess) an elephant-shaped piece, which moves like a bishop (can be moved one square directly forward, two diagonally forward and two diagonally backward), used in Burmese chess (sittuyin)

• (Burmese zodiac signs) ရာသီခွင် (rasihkwang); ဂဠုန် (ga.lun, “Garuda”), ကျား (kya:, “Tiger”), ခြင်္သေ့ (hkrangse., “Lion”), ဆင် (hcang, “Tusked Elephant”), ဟိုင်း (huing:, “Tuskless Elephant”), ကြွက် (krwak, “Rat”), ပူး (pu:, “Guinea Pig”), နဂါး (na.ga:, “Dragon”) ^{(Category: my:Burmese zodiac)}

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

• IPA^(key): /cʰʌŋ/

ဆင် (chaṅ)

1. alternative form of ဆၚ်