နှင့်

See also: နင်, နိုင်, and နေင်း

Burmese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /n̥ɪ̰ɴ/
• Romanization: MLCTS: hnang. • ALA-LC: nhaṅʻʹ • BGN/PCGN: hnin. • Okell: hníñ

Etymology 1

Cognate with Chinese 而 (ér).

Conjunction

နှင့် • (hnang.)

1. (literary) and

Usage notes

Burmese is a diglossic language. This construct is used exclusively in the formal, literary (written) register. See synonyms for the informal, colloquial (spoken) equivalent form(s).

Synonyms

• နဲ့ (nai.) (informal, colloquial)

Etymology 2

Postposition

နှင့် • (hnang.)

1. (literary) with

Synonyms

• (instrumental): ဖြင့် (hprang.), နဲ့ (nai.) (colloquial)
• (comitative): နဲ့ (nai.) (colloquial)

Etymology 3

Particle

နှင့် • (hnang.)

1. (literary) (used with မ (ma.) to form a negative imperative)