တလိုင်း

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Burmese

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Etymology 1

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Uncertain. Attributed to Telugu తెలంగాణ (telaṅgāṇa). Various folk etymologies, interpreting the name as a compound meaning "one trodden under foot, slave"[1] or "father, [we] perish",[2][3] contributed to the word being regarded as derogatory.[2]

Pronunciation

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  • Phonetic respelling: တ'လိုင်း
  • IPA(key): /təláɪɴ/
  • Romanization: MLCTS: ta.luing: • ALA-LC: taluiṅʻʺ • BGN/PCGN: tălaing: • Okell: tălaìñ

Proper noun

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တလိုင်း (ta.luing:)

  1. (Can we verify(+) this sense?) (historical, now offensive) Mon
Synonyms
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Derived terms
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Descendants
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  • English: Talaing
  • Shan: တလႅင်း (tǎ léng)
  • Thai: ตะเลง (dtà-leeng)

Etymology 2

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(Can we verify(+) this sense?) Borrowed from Shan တႆးလူင် (tái lǔung, Shan).

Pronunciation

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  • Phonetic respelling: တ'လိုင်း
  • IPA(key): /təláɪɴ/
  • Romanization: MLCTS: ta.luing: • ALA-LC: taluiṅʻʺ • BGN/PCGN: tălaing: • Okell: tălaìñ [4]

Proper noun

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တလိုင်း (ta.luing:)

  1. (historical, obsolete) Shan
  2. Any ally of the Shans in the Shan Revolution of 1740, including Mons
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References

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  • တလိုင်း” in The Judson Burmese–English Dictionary (Rangoon: American Baptist Mission Press 1921), page 473.
  • Adoniram Judson, Robert Charles Stevenson, Judson's Burmese-English Dictionary (1893 edition), page 507 (Google): "တလိုင်း, n. a Peguan Talaing; [..] [Alompra stigmatized them with an appellation suggestive at once of their submission and disgrace. Talaing means 'one who is trodden under foot, a slave.' The word is made up of the Mûn root (လိုင်း) 'lain,' to tread under foot, and the nominal particle တ 'ta,' တလိုင်း implying persons trodden upon, 'slaves.']."
  • Adoniram Judson, A Dictionary Burmese and English (1883), page 289 (Google): "တလိုင်း, n. a Peguan or Talaing, [..]"
  1. ^ Judson, op. cit. (1893)
  2. 2.0 2.1 M. A. Aung-Thwin, The Mists of Ramanna: The Legend That Was Lower Burma (2005)
  3. ^ The Journal of the Burma Research Society (1977), volumes 3-5, page 8
  4. ^ Tai Laing biography YouTube video