ယဉ်

Burmese

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /jɪ̀ɴ/
  • Romanization: MLCTS: yany • ALA-LC: yañʻ • BGN/PCGN: yin • Okell: yiñ

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Sanskrit यन्त्र (yantra, “instrument, apparatus”).

Noun

ယဉ် • (yany)

  1. (rare) loom
Derived terms
  • ယဉ်ခုံ (yanyhkum)
  • ယဉ်သွား (yanyswa:)

Etymology 2

Inherited from Old Burmese ယန် (yan).[1]

Adjective

ယဉ် • (yany)

  1. cultured, gentle, charming, graceful
  2. tame

Verb

ယဉ် • (yany)

  1. to get used to
  2. (of drugs or medicine) to lose strength or efficacy; to develop a resistance to drugs, antibiotics, etc.

Derived terms

  • ဆေးယဉ် (hce:yany)
  • ဆောင်းယဉ်စွန်းချိန် (hcaung:yanycwan:hkyin)
  • နားယဉ် (na:yany)
  • ယဉ်ကျေး (yanykye:)
  • ယဉ်ကျေးမှု (yanykye:hmu.)
  • ယဉ်စစ (yanyca.ca.)
  • ယဉ်ပါး (yanypa:)

Descendants

  • → Shan: ယဵၼ်ႇ (yàen)

Etymology 3

Noun

ယဉ် • (yany)

  1. current
Derived terms
  • စိတ်ကူးယဉ် (citku:yany)
  • ယဉ်တွေ (yanytwe)
  • ယဉ်ဘောင် (yanybhaung)

References

  1. ^ Nishi, Y. (1999). Old Burmese: toward the history of Burmese. Bulletin of the National Museum of Ethnology, 23(3), 659-692.
  2. ^ Luce, G. H. (1981) “-AÑ Finals (53. Tamed, Tame)”, in A Comparative Word-List of Old Burmese, Chinese and Tibetan, London: School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, →ISBN, page 64

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