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စဉ်

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Burmese

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /sɪ̀ɴ/
  • Romanization: MLCTS: cany • ALA-LC: cañʻ • BGN/PCGN: sin • Okell: siñ

Etymology 1

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This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.
Particularly: “Not given etymology by STEDT (cañ "fly off scatteringly, as sparks, glance off"), and doesn't seem to be mentioned by Luce 1981.”

Verb

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စဉ် • (cany)

  1. to be flung out
  2. to be spattered
  3. to splash, spatter
Derived terms
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Etymology 2

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From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *dziŋ (“relatives, ancestors”), with semantic shift "ancestors" > "line of ancestors" > "line (generic)" (STEDT). Cognate with Old Chinese 親 (OC *sʰin, *sʰins, “relatives”).

This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.
Particularly: “Another theory (from where?) compares the word to Proto-Sino-Tibetan *t/duŋ (“center”), which seems incorrect. Words from this root include Tibetan གཞུང (gzhung, “middle, center”) and Old Chinese 中 (OC *tuŋ, *tuŋs, “middle”). Luce compares the word to a character with composition ⿰車尚, Middle Chinese transliteration t'âŋ, meaning "a row",[1] which doesn't seem to show up in handwriting recognition sites like qhanzi.”

Verb

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စဉ် • (cany)

  1. to line up, arrange in order

Conjunction

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စဉ် • (cany)

  1. while (during the time of)

Noun

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စဉ် • (cany)

  1. number
  2. average; intermediate (grade or class)
  3. middle

Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ Luce, G. H. (1981) “-AÑ Finals (19. in a Row; in Succession; Continuous)”, in A Comparative Word-List of Old Burmese, Chinese and Tibetan, London: School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, →ISBN, page 62

Further reading

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