ယဉ်

Burmese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jɪ̀ɴ/
• Romanization: MLCTS: yany • ALA-LC: yañʻ • BGN/PCGN: yin • Okell: yiñ

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Burmese ယန် (yan).

Adjective

ယဉ် • (yany)

1. cultured; gentle; charming; graceful
2. tame

Derived terms

• ယဉ်ကျေး (yanykye:)
• ယဉ်စစ (yanyca.ca.)
• ယဉ်ပါး (yanypa:)

 

Descendants

• → Shan: ယဵၼ်ႇ (yàen)

Noun

ယဉ် • (yany)

1. current

Verb

ယဉ် • (yany)

1. to get used to

Derived terms

• ဆေးယဉ် (hce:yany)
• ဆောင်းယဉ်စွန်းချိန် (hcaung:yanycwan:hkyin)
• 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.