အခင်း

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Burmese

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Pronunciation

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  • Phonetic respelling: အ'ခင်း
  • IPA(key): /ʔəkʰɪ́ɴ/
  • Romanization: MLCTS: a.hkang: • ALA-LC: ʼakhaṅʻʺ • BGN/PCGN: ăhkin: • Okell: ăhkìñ

Etymology 1

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အ- (a.-, nominal prefix) +‎ ခင်း (hkang:, to spread, roll out).

Noun

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အခင်း (a.hkang:)

  1. flooring
  2. something laid out for sitting or lying down
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Etymology 2

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From အ- (a.-, nominal prefix) + a component ခင်း (hkang:), which MED considers separate from the "spread" sense in Etymology 1. However, it could feasibly be related to Etymology 1, via semantic shift "spread out" > "unfolding" > "unfolding of events".

Noun

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အခင်း (a.hkang:)

  1. occurrence, event, incident, matter or business, circumstance
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Further reading

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