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ယင်

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Burmese

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Etymology

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From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s-b-(r/j)aŋ (fly, bee). Compare Tibetan སྦྲང་བུ (sbrang bu, bee) and Old Chinese (OC *b·lɯŋ, “fly”) (STEDT).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /jɪ̀ɴ/
  • Romanization: MLCTS: yang • ALA-LC: yaṅʻ • BGN/PCGN: yin • Okell: yiñ

Noun

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ယင် (yang) (classifier ကောင်)

  1. (same as ယင်ကောင် (yangkaung)) fly (insect)

Derived terms

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Further reading

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