မွန်

Burmese

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mʊ̀ɴ/
  • Romanization: MLCTS: mwan • ALA-LC: mvanʻ • BGN/PCGN: mun • Okell: muñ

Etymology 1

Adjective

မွန် • (mwan)

  1. noble, good
  2. a female given name
Derived terms
  • ကင်းမွန် (kang:mwan)
  • ကောင်းမွန် (kaung:mwan)
  • မွန်မြတ် (mwanmrat)
  • မွန်ရည် (mwanrany)
  • ရည်မွန် (ranymwan)
  • လက်မွန် (lakmwan)
  • သရက်ပမွန် (sa.rakpa.mwan)
  • အမွန် (a.mwan)

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Perhaps a semantic extension of the "noble, good" sense of Etymology 1.”)

Pronoun

မွန် • (mwan)

  1. (obsolete) term of address used among women

Etymology 3

From Mon မန်. Previously known as တလိုင်း (ta.luing:) in the pre-colonial era.

Proper noun

မွန် • (mwan)

  1. Mon
  2. (~ပြည်နယ်) Mon State (an administrative subdivision in Myanmar)
Synonyms
Derived terms
  • မွန်ခမာ (mwanhka.ma)
  • မွန်လူမျိုး (mwanlu-myui:)
Descendants
  • → English: Mon
  • → Thai: มอญ (mɔɔn)
  • → Shan: မွၼ်း (máun)

See also

divisions of Myanmaredit

Further reading

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