အရှင်

Burmese

Etymology

အ- (a.-) +‎ ရှင် (hrang), from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *zrjaŋ ~ rjaŋ (“uncle, superior”) (Schuessler (2007), STEDT; cf. Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s-tjaŋ (“upper part, rise, raise, top, summit”)). Cognate with 尚 (OC *djaŋ, *djaŋs) "upwards", Tibetan ཨ་ཞང (a zhang, “maternal uncle”), Chinese 丈 (zhàng), etc.

Pronunciation

• Phonetic respelling: အ'ရှင်
• IPA^(key): /ʔəʃɪ̀ɴ/
• Romanization: MLCTS: a.hrang • ALA-LC: ʼarhaṅʻ • BGN/PCGN: ăshin • Okell: ăhyiñ

Etymology 1

အ- (a.-) +‎ ရှင် (hrang)

Noun

အရှင် • (a.hrang)

1. lord; master
2. (honorific) a title used by Buddhist monks and nobles

Alternative forms

• အသျှင် (a.hsyang)

Derived terms

• အရှင်ဘုရား (a.hrangbhu.ra:)
• အရှင်သခင် (a.hrangsa.hkang)

 

Etymology 2

Noun

အရှင် • (a.hrang)

1. anything living or alive
2. anything unfixed, detached or flexible

Further reading

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