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ရန်

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See also: ရန်း

Burmese

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Proto-Tibeto-Burman *g-raːl ~ *g-ran ~ *ray (enemy, fight, quarrel, strife, sword, war). Cognate with Mizo [Term?] (ráal, enemy, the foe (in warfare)), Tibetan [script needed] (ḥgran-pa, to fight, contend with), རལ་གྲི (ral gri, sword, dagger). Said Tibeto-Burman root is likely related to Proto-Sino-Tibetan *d-gra (stranger, enemy), whence Tibetan དགྲ (dgra, enemy) and Old Chinese (OC *ɡ·raʔ, “guest, stranger, traveler; to travel, lodge”) (STEDT).

Noun

ရန် (ran)

  1. enmity, danger, quarrel, hostility
Derived terms

Etymology 2

This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.
Particularly: “Not given etymology by STEDT (ran "appropriate, set apart for some purpose), and not mentioned by Luce 1981.”

Alternative forms

Verb

ရန် (ran)

  1. to place side by side or in parallel
  2. to keep (something) in reserve

Particle

ရန် (ran)

  1. particle suffixed to verbs to form verbal nouns

Classifier

ရန် (ran)

  1. numerical classifier for pairs of things, e.g. shoes
    ဖိနပ်တစ်ရန်hpi.naptacranone pair of shoes

Particle

ရန် (ran)

  1. (literary) in order to, so as to
Usage notes

Burmese is a diglossic language. This construct is used exclusively in the formal, literary (written) register. See synonyms for the informal, colloquial (spoken) equivalent form(s).

Synonyms

Derived terms

Further reading

Mon

Etymology

Borrowed from Burmese ရည် (rany).

Pronunciation

Verb

ရန် (ran)

  1. to (have) regard (to), consider, be concerned with

References