လိင်

Burmese

Etymology

Borrowed from Pali liṅga (“characteristic; sign; attribute; sexual characteristic; gender”), from Sanskrit लिंग (liṃga). Doublet of လိင်္ဂ (lingga.).

Pronunciation

Phonetic respelling: လိန်
IPA^(key): /lèɪɴ/
Romanization: MLCTS: ling • ALA-LC: liṅʻ • BGN/PCGN: lein • Okell: leiñ
Homophone: လိမ် (lim)

Noun

လိင် • (ling)

feature
genitalia, sex
gender
the ten rules of conduct for novice monks

Derived terms

ဒွိလိင် (dwi.ling)
လိင်ဆက်ဆံ (linghcakhcam)
လိင်တံ (lingtam)
လိင်ပညာ (lingpa.nya)
ဣတ္ထိလိင် (ithti.ling)

References

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

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