ရန်

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Burmese

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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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

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ရန် (ran)

  1. enmity, danger, quarrel, hostility
Derived terms
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Etymology 2

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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

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Verb

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ရန် (ran)

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

Particle

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ရန် (ran)

  1. particle suffixed to verbs to form verbal nouns

Classifier

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ရန် (ran)

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

Particle

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ရန် (ran)

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

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Further reading

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Mon

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Burmese ရည် (rany).

Pronunciation

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Verb

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ရန် (ran)

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

References

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