ပြောင်

Burmese

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /pjàʊɴ/

Romanization: MLCTS: praung • ALA-LC: proṅʻ • BGN/PCGN: pyaung • Okell: pyauñ

Etymology 1

Cognate with Burmese ပြင်း (prang:).

Verb

ပြောင် • (praung)

to shine
to shine; excel
to stand out
to be cleaned out
to poke fun at; joke; jest

Adjective

ပြောင် • (praung)

bare
bald
huge; great

Etymology 2

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *brawŋ (“wild yak, buffalo”) (STEDT, Boodberg 1937, Schuessler, 2007), cognate with Tibetan འབྲོང ('brong, “wild yak”), Chinese 犎 (fēng, “zebu”).

Noun

ပြောင် • (praung) (classifier ကောင်)

gaur

References

“ပြောင်” in Myanmar–English Dictionary (Myanmar Language Commission 1993). Searchable online at SEAlang.net.

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