မင်

(for both senses:)

• Phonetic respelling: မှင်
• IPA^(key): /m̥ɪ̀ɴ/
• Romanization: MLCTS: mang • ALA-LC: maṅʻ • BGN/PCGN: hmin • Okell: hmiñ

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s-maŋ ~ s-mak (“black, dark; ink”). Cognate with Tibetan སྨག (smag, “dark, darkness”), མོག་པ (mog pa, “dark-coloured”) and Old Chinese 墨 (OC *mlɯːɡ, “ink”).

The Myanmar-English Dictionary’s derivation from Pali masi (“soot”) is phonologically implausible.

မင် • (mang)

1. ink (colored fluid used for writing, printing, tattooing)

• → Mon: မှၚ် (hmɛŋ)

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Not given etymology by STEDT (maŋ "like, love"), and not mentioned by Luce 1981.”)

မင် • (mang)

1. to like, love, be fond of

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

• IPA^(key): /mɛ̀ŋ/

မင် (maṅ)

1. alternative form of မၚ်