ယင်

Burmese

Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s-b-(r/j)aŋ (“fly, bee”). Compare Tibetan སྦྲང་བུ (sbrang bu, “bee”) and Old Chinese 蠅 (OC *b·lɯŋ).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /jɪ̀ɴ/

Romanization: MLCTS: yang • ALA-LC: yaṅʻ • BGN/PCGN: yin • Okell: yiñ

Noun

ယင် • (yang) (classifier ကောင်)

fly (insect)

Synonyms

ယင်ကောင် (yangkaung)

References

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

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