ကရင်
Appearance
Burmese
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Disputed. In official material, the government of Myanmar states it derives from ကမ်းယံ (kam:yam), the name of an ancient ethnic group. Other suggestions include a derogatory term applied to non-Buddhists or from a word meaning "aboriginal", or from Mon ကရေင်.
Pronunciation
[edit]- Phonetic respelling: က'ရင်
- IPA(key): /kəjɪ̀ɴ/
- Romanization: MLCTS: ka.rang • ALA-LC: karaṅʻ • BGN/PCGN: kăyin • Okell: kăyiñ
Proper noun
[edit]ကရင် • (ka.rang)
- Karen or Kayin
- (~ပြည်နယ်) Kayin State (an administrative subdivision in Myanmar)
Derived terms
[edit]- ကရင်လူမျိုး (ka.ranglu-myui:)
- ကရင်ဝါး (ka.rang-wa:)
- ကရင်ဩသံ (ka.rang-au:sam)
- ပိုးကရင် (pui:ka.rang)
Descendants
[edit]- → English: Karen
See also
[edit]divisions of Myanmaredit
References
[edit]- “ကရင်” in Myanmar–English Dictionary (Myanmar Language Commission 1993). Searchable online at SEAlang.net.
- Nick Cheesman (2002) Seeing 'Karen' in the Union of Myanmar, Asian Ethnicity, 3:2, 202, DOI:10.1080/14631360220132736