ရာဇဝင်

Burmese

Etymology

Borrowed from Pali rājavaṃsa, itself from Sanskrit राजवंश (rājavaṃśa, “dynasty”), alternatively analyzable as Pali rāja (“king”) + vaṃsa (“bamboo; lineage”). Cognate with Mon ရာဇာဝၚ် and Shan ရႃႇဝၢင်ႇ (ràa wàang).

Pronunciation

• Phonetic respelling: ရာဇ'ဝင်
• IPA^(key): /jàzəwɪ̀ɴ/
• Romanization: MLCTS: raja.wang • ALA-LC: rājavaṅʻ • BGN/PCGN: yazăwin • Okell: yazăwiñ

Noun

ရာဇဝင် • (raja.wang)

1. chronicle of kings
2. (general) chronicle, history
3. a species of creeper having many applications in herbal medicine (Millettia racemosa)

Descendants

• → Shan: ရႃႇဝၢင်ႇ (ràa wàang)

Further reading

• “ရာဇဝင်” in Myanmar–English Dictionary (Myanmar Language Commission 1993). Searchable online at SEAlang.net.