ပြန့်

Burmese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pja̰ɴ/
• Romanization: MLCTS: pran. • ALA-LC: pranʻʹ • BGN/PCGN: pyan. • Okell: pyáñ
• Homophone: ပျံ့ (pyam.)

Etymology 1

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *(p/b)ljaŋ (“plank; palm; flat surface; wing”), whence Jingpho phun-pyen (phun⁵⁵ pjen³³, “plank”), Chinese 平 (“flat and even”).

Verb

ပြန့် • (pran.)

1. flat and even; level

Etymology 2

Verb

ပြန့် • (pran.)

1. broad

References

• “ပြန့်” in Myanmar–English Dictionary (Myanmar Language Commission 1993). Searchable online at SEAlang.net.