သင်္ကန်း

Burmese

Etymology

Pali āsaṅga (“adhering; clothing (that which hangs on the body)”) +‎ Pali sanghāṭī (“one of the three robes of a Buddhist”). The first term is cognate with Sanskrit आसक्ति (āsakti, “adhering; diligence”), and the second term is equivalent to Sanskrit सम्- (sam-, “with, together”) + Pali ghaṭeti (“to join, connect, unite”), the latter a verbal formation from ghaṭa (“multitude, heap, crowd, thicket”), from Sanskrit घटा (ghaṭā, “collection, assemblage”), from the root घट् (ghaṭ, “to strive, reach, be in connection or united with”), thus "joined together".

Pronunciation

Phonetic respelling: သင်ဂန်း
IPA^(key): /θɪ̀ɴɡáɴ/
Romanization: MLCTS: sangkan: • ALA-LC: saṅʻkanʻʺ • BGN/PCGN: thin-gan: • Okell: thiñkàñ

Noun

သင်္ကန်း • (sangkan:) (classifier ပိုင်)

(Buddhism) Buddhist monk's robes
the rock dammar tree, a kind of hardwood tree (Hopea odorata)

Derived terms

Descendants

→ Shan: သၢင်ႇၵၢၼ်း (sàang káan)