သိမ်

See also: သိမ်း

Burmese

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /θèɪɴ/
  • Romanization: MLCTS: sim • ALA-LC: simʻ • BGN/PCGN: thein • Okell: theiñ

Etymology 1

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

Adjective

သိမ် • (sim)

  1. small
  2. shriveled, atrophied
  3. inferior
Derived terms
  • ငုသိမ် (ngu.sim)
  • နီပါးသိမ် (nipa:sim)
  • ပျဉ်းတော်သိမ် (pyany:tausim)
  • ရွာသိမ်ရွာငယ် (rwasim-rwa-ngai)
  • လက်ထုတ်သိမ် (lakhtutsim)
  • သိမ်ငယ် (simngai)
  • သိမ်ဖျင်း (simhpyang:)
  • သိမ်မွေ့ (simmwe.)
  • သေးသိမ် (se:sim)
  • အူသိမ် (usim)
  • အူသိမ်အူမ (usim-uma.)
  • ဥသိမ် (u.sim)

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Pali sīmā (“boundary”). Cognate with Mon သီ and Lao ສິມ (sim).

Noun

သိမ် • (sim)

  1. (Buddhism) ordination hall
Derived terms
  • ခါးသိမ် (hka:sim)
  • ဂုဏ်သိမ် (gunsim)
  • ရေသိမ် (resim)
  • သိမ်ဝင် (sim-wang)
  • သိမ်သမုတ် (simsa.mut)
Descendants
  • → Shan: သိမ်ႇ (sìm)

Further reading

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