အတိုင်း

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Burmese

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Pronunciation

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  • Phonetic respelling: အ'တိုင်း
  • IPA(key): /ʔətáɪɴ/
  • Romanization: MLCTS: a.tuing: • ALA-LC: ʼatuiṅʻʺ • BGN/PCGN: ătaing: • Okell: ătaìñ

Etymology 1

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အ- (a.-, nominal prefix) +‎ တိုင်း (tuing:, to measure, gauge).

Noun

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အတိုင်း (a.tuing:)

  1. pattern; template
  2. measurement
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Etymology 2

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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Is this a grammatical extension of the "measurement; pattern" sense of Etymology 1?”)

Conjunction

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အတိုင်း (a.tuing:)

  1. as; like

Particle

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အတိုင်း (a.tuing:)

  1. particle infixed between nouns to effect a simile
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Further reading

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