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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