မင်

Burmese

မင် (mang)

Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s-maŋ ~ s-mak (“black, dark; ink”). Cognate with Tibetan སྨག (smag, “dark, darkness”), མོག་པ (mog pa, “dark-coloured”) and Chinese 墨 (mò, “ink”).

The Myanmar-English Dictionary’s derivation from Pali masi (“soot”) is phonologically implausible.

Pronunciation

Phonetic respelling: မှင်

IPA^(key): /m̥ɪ̀ɴ/

Romanization: MLCTS: mang • ALA-LC: maṅ‘ • BGN/PCGN: hmin • Okell: hmiñ

Noun

မင် • (mang)

ink (colored fluid used for writing)

Descendants

Mon: မှင် (hmɛŋ)

References

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

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