ဆင်

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Burmese

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /sʰɪ̀ɴ/
  • Romanization: MLCTS: hcang • ALA-LC: chaṅʻ • BGN/PCGN: hsin • Okell: hsiñ

Etymology 1

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Luce compares the word to Old Chinese (OC *sbaŋs, “artisan”), based on a reconstructed Middle Chinese pronunciation *dzyaŋ;[1] however, newer reconstructions of the Old Chinese pronunciation as *s.baŋ-s make this doubtful (though said reconstructions seem to be still under debate). See also Khmer ចាំង (cang, to cut, chisel).

The "design, pattern" and "resemble" senses are grouped with the "adorn, decorate" sense by MED, which appears semantically reasonable.

Verb

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ဆင် (hcang)

  1. to adorn, decorate
  2. to put together, assemble
  3. to build up
  4. to fabricate, scheme, frame
  5. to resemble, be alike, bear a likeness to, be similar in appearance

Noun

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ဆင် (hcang)

  1. design
  2. pattern

Derived terms

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Etymology 2

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ဆင်

From Proto-Lolo-Burmese *tsaŋ (elephant), apparently borrowed from Proto-Tai *ɟaːŋꟲ, ultimately from Middle Chinese (MC zjangX).

Noun

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ဆင် (hcang)

  1. elephant
  2. (chess) an elephant-shaped piece, which moves like a bishop (can be moved one square directly forward, two diagonally forward and two diagonally backward), used in Burmese chess (sittuyin)
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See also

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References

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  1. ^ Luce, G. H. (1981) “-AṄ Finals (> 45. to Make, Construct; to Adorn)”, in A Comparative Word-List of Old Burmese, Chinese and Tibetan, London: School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, →ISBN, page 72

Further reading

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Mon

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Pronunciation

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IPA(key): /cʰʌŋ/

Verb

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ဆင် (chaṅ)

  1. Alternative form of ဆၚ်