တလိုင်း

Burmese

Etymology 1

Uncertain. Attributed to Telugu తెలంగాణ (telaṅgāṇa). Various folk etymologies, interpreting the name as a compound meaning "one trodden under foot, slave" or "father, [we] perish", contributed to the word being regarded as derogatory.

Pronunciation

• Phonetic respelling: တ'လိုင်း
• IPA^(key): /təláɪɴ/
• Romanization: MLCTS: ta.luing: • ALA-LC: taluiṅʻʺ • BGN/PCGN: tălaing: • Okell: tălaìñ

Proper noun

တလိုင်း • (ta.luing:)

1. (Can we verify⁽⁺⁾ this sense?) (historical, now offensive) Mon

Synonyms

• မွန် (mwan)
• ရာမည (rama.nya.)

Derived terms

• တလိုင်းသံ (ta.luing:sam)

 

Descendants

• → English: Talaing
• → Shan: တလႅင်း (tǎ léng)
• → Thai: ตะเลง (dtà-leeng)

Etymology 2

(Can we verify⁽⁺⁾ this sense?) Borrowed from Shan တႆးလူင် (tái lǔung, “Shan”).

Pronunciation

• Phonetic respelling: တ'လိုင်း
• IPA^(key): /təláɪɴ/
• Romanization: MLCTS: ta.luing: • ALA-LC: taluiṅʻʺ • BGN/PCGN: tălaing: • Okell: tălaìñ

Proper noun

တလိုင်း • (ta.luing:)

1. (historical, obsolete) Shan
2. Any ally of the Shans in the Shan Revolution of 1740, including Mons

Synonyms

• တိုင်းလိုင်း (tuing:luing:)
• တလိုင်းလူမျိုး (ta.luing:lu-myui:)

References

• “တလိုင်း” in The Judson Burmese–English Dictionary (Rangoon: American Baptist Mission Press 1921), page 473.
• Adoniram Judson, Robert Charles Stevenson, Judson's Burmese-English Dictionary (1893 edition), page 507 (Google): "တလိုင်း, n. a Peguan Talaing; [..] [Alompra stigmatized them with an appellation suggestive at once of their submission and disgrace. Talaing means 'one who is trodden under foot, a slave.' The word is made up of the Mûn root (လိုင်း) 'lain,' to tread under foot, and the nominal particle တ 'ta,' တလိုင်း implying persons trodden upon, 'slaves.']."
• Adoniram Judson, A Dictionary Burmese and English (1883), page 289 (Google): "တလိုင်း, n. a Peguan or Talaing, [..]"