ဝန်း

Burmese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /wʊ́ɴ/
• Romanization: MLCTS: wan: • ALA-LC: vanʻʺ • BGN/PCGN: wun: • Okell: wùñ

Etymology 1

Possibly from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *m/s-gaw (“head”), with a noun-forming suffix *-n (Schuessler, 2003; STEDT). Cognate with Chinese 圓 / 圆 (yuán), Chinese 元 (yuán).

Adjective

ဝန်း • (wan:)

1. in shape of circle; circular; round

Noun

ဝန်း • (wan:)

1. surrounding; environment

Verb

ဝန်း • (wan:)

1. to encircle something; surround

Derived terms

• စက်ဝန်း (cak-wan:)
• ပတ်ဝန်းကျင် (pat-wan:kyang)
• ဝန်းကျင် (wan:kyang)

Etymology 2

ဝန်း (sense 1): Obverse of a 10,000 South Korean won note

Cognate with Chinese 圓 / 圆 (yuán, “circle” > “round coin”), Korean 원 (won). Compare Japanese 円 (en), Mandarin 元 (yuán). Doublet of ဝမ် (wam) and ဝေါန် (waun).

Noun

ဝန်း • (wan:)

1. won; the official currency of South Korea, sign = ₩ (KRW)
2. won; the official currency of North Korea (KPW)

Alternative forms

• ဝမ် (wam), ဝေါန် (waun)

See also

• တောင်ကိုရီးယား ဝန်း on the Burmese Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^my