လိင်

Burmese

Etymology

Borrowed from Pali liṅga (“characteristic; sign; attribute; sexual characteristic; gender”), from Sanskrit लिंग (liṃga). Doublet of လိင်္ဂ (lingga.).

Pronunciation

• Phonetic respelling: လိန်
• IPA^(key): /lèɪɴ/
• Romanization: MLCTS: ling • ALA-LC: liṅʻ • BGN/PCGN: lein • Okell: leiñ
• Homophone: လိမ် (lim)

Noun

လိင် • (ling)

1. feature
2. genitalia, sex
3. gender
4. the ten rules of conduct for novice monks

Derived terms

• ဒွိလိင် (dwi.ling)
• လိင်ဆက်ဆံ (linghcakhcam)
• လိင်တံ (lingtam)
• လိင်ပညာ (lingpa.nya)
• ဣတ္ထိလိင် (ithti.ling)

References

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