သ္တန်

Mon

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Burmese တည် (tany)[1] or from Sanskrit स्थान (sthāna), Pali sthāna.

Pronunciation

Verb

သ္တန် (stan)

  1. to stand,[1] be stationary,[1][2] stable,[1][2] firm,[1][2] to settle in a place,[1] to endure,[1][2] to be [valid][1]
    ပ္ဍဲဍုၚ်မန်ဗၟာဝိုဟ်ကၠောန်စက္ခူ တန်ဒှ်တိတ်မာန်လေဝ် တိတ်မာန်ဏောၚ်။
    pḍoa ḍuṅ manbmā wiuh klon cakkhū tandh tit mānlew tit mānṇoṅ.
    Perhaps it will be possible for paper pulp to be produced in Burma.
    ပ္ဍဲပလိုတ်ဂၠံၚ်ဒဵုတေံတိသ္တန်တိုန်ရ။[1]
    pḍoa paliut glaṃṅdeu teṃ tistan tiunra.
    The ground gets firmer west of the hill road.

Usage notes

The reading pronunciations of သ္တန် and တန် differ.

References

  1. ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 Shorto, H.L. (1962) A Dictionary of Modern Spoken Mon‎[1], London: Oxford University Press. Searchable online at SEAlang.net.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 R. Halliday (1922) A Mon-English Dictionary‎[2], Bangkok: Siam Society, page 184
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