ယဉ်

Burmese

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /jɪ̀ɴ/
  • Romanization: MLCTS: yany • ALA-LC: yañ‘ • BGN/PCGN: yin • Okell: yiñ

Etymology 1

From Old Burmese ယန် (yan)

Adjective

ယဉ် • (yany)

  1. cultured; gentle; charming; graceful
  2. tame
Derived terms
  • ယဉ်ကျေး (yanykye:)
  • ယဉ်စစ (yanyca.ca.)
  • ယဉ်ပါး (yanypa:)

Noun

ယဉ် • (yany)

  1. current

Verb

ယဉ် • (yany)

  1. to get used to
Derived terms
  • ဆောင်းယဉ်စွန်းချိန် (hcaung:yanycwan:hkyin)
  • ဆေးယဉ် (hce:yany)
  • နားယဉ် (na:yany)

Verb

ယဉ် • (yany)

  1. (of drugs or medicine) to lose strength or efficacy
  2. to develop a resistance to drugs, antibiotics, etc.

Etymology 2

From Sanskrit यन्त्र (yantra)

Adjective

ယဉ် • (yany)

  1. (rare) loom

References
  • Nishi, Y. (1999). Old Burmese: toward the history of Burmese. Bulletin of the National Museum of Ethnology, 23(3), 659-692.
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