ကရေင်

Mon

Alternative forms

Pronunciation
  • (Myanmar) IPA(key): /kə.reaŋ/
  • (Thailand) IPA(key): /ka.reaŋ/
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Proper noun

ကရေင် (kareṅ)[3]

  1. Karen, Kayin (name of one of Tibeto-burman speaking national groups of the Union of Burma)

Derived terms
  • ကရေၚ်ဗၟာ (kareṅbmā, “S'gaw Karen”)
  • ကရေၚ်မန် (kareṅman, “Pwo Karen”)
  • ကရေင်သကဵု (“S'gaw Karen”)
  • ကရေင်ပဳုဲ (“Pwo Karen”)
  • သၞေဟ်ကရေင် (“Hnitkarin”)

Descendants
  • → Burmese: ကရင် (ka.rang)
    • → English: Karen
  • → Thai: กะเหรี่ยง (gà-rìiang)

Trivia

This word sounds very similar to ကြေၚ် (“Eugenia tree”); the specimen here is indistinguishable.

References
  1. Mon Thai Dictionary (application), ใช้ข้อมูลจาก พจนานุกรมมอญ-ไทย ฉบับมอญสยาม.
  2. Shorto, H.L. (1962) A Dictionary of Modern Spoken Mon‎, London: Oxford University Press. Searchable online at SEAlang.net.
  3. อนุสรณ์ สถานนท์, ร้อยตรี [Anusorn Sathanon, Sub-Lt.] (1984) พจนานุกรม มอญ-ไทย [Mon-Thai Dictionary]; Thai translation of Halliday, R. (1922) A Mon-English Dictionary, Bangkok: Siam Society (2nd ed.: Rangoon: Mon Cultural Section, Ministry of Union Culture, Govt. of the Union of Burma, 1955).
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