ခွန်

Burmese

Etymology

Compare Old Chinese 貢 (OC *koːŋs, “tribute”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kʰʊ̀ɴ/
• Romanization: MLCTS: hkwan • ALA-LC: khvanʻ • BGN/PCGN: hkun • Okell: hkuñ

Etymology 1

Noun

ခွန် • (hkwan)

1. tax

Derived terms

• ခွန်သေ (hkwanse)

Etymology 2

Noun

ခွန် • (hkwan)

1. strength

Derived terms

• ခွန်အား (hkwan-a:)

Etymology 3

From Shan ၶုၼ် (khǔn).

Noun

ခွန် • (hkwan)

1. (honorific) a title used by Shan and Pa'O men

Further reading

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