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နား

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See also: , နာ, and နွား

Burmese

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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နား (na:)

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *r/g-na (ear; to hear) (STEDT).

Noun

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နား (na:)

  1. ear (organ of hearing)
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Etymology 2

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From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *g-na-s (to stay, rest, dwell, be, live, alight, perch) (STEDT). Cognate with Tibetan གནས (gnas, to live, reside), as well as possibly Old Chinese (OC *siːl, “to perch, roost, stay”).

Verb

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နား (na:)

  1. to rest, stop a while
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Etymology 3

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Combining form of အနား (a.na:, vicinity).

This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.
Particularly: “Not given further etymology by STEDT (ɑ¹ nɑ³ "vicinity / nearby). Semantic extension of Etymology 2 ("to rest" > "to settle" > "settled area, vicinity")? MED suggests, via နီးနီးနားနား (ni:ni:na:na:, vicinity; close), that it's a semantic extension of Etymology 1 ("ear" > "at one's ear" > "near").”

Alternative forms

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Postposition

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နား (na:)

  1. near, in the vicinity of
    သင်္ကြန်နားsangkranna:near Thingyan

Further reading

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