ရန်

Burmese

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /jàɴ/
  • Romanization: MLCTS: ran • ALA-LC: ranʻ • BGN/PCGN: yan • Okell: yañ
  • Homophones: ယံ (yam), ယာမ် (yam), ရံ (ram)

Alternative forms

  • ရံ (ram)

Classifier

ရန် • (ran)

  1. numerical classifier for pairs of things, e.g. shoes
    ဖိနပ်တစ်ရန်hpi.naptacranone pair of shoes

Noun

ရန် • (ran)

  1. quarrel
Derived terms

Particle

ရန် • (ran)

  1. (literary) in order to, so as to
Usage notes

Burmese is a diglossic language. This construct is used exclusively in the formal, literary (written) register. See synonyms for the informal, colloquial (spoken) equivalent form(s).

Synonyms
  • အတွက် (a.twak) (formal, literary)
  • အလို့ငှါ (a.lui.hnga) (formal, literary)
  • အံ့သောငှါ (am.sau:hnga) (formal, literary)
  • ဖို့ (hpui.) (informal, colloquial)
  • အောင် (aung) (informal, colloquial)

References

Mon

Etymology

Borrowed from Burmese ရည် (rany).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ròn/

Verb

ရန် (ran)

  1. to (have) regard (to), consider, be concerned with

References

  • Shorto, H.L. (1962) A Dictionary of Modern Spoken Mon, London: Oxford University Press. Searchable online at SEAlang.net.
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