ရင်

Burmese

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /jɪ̀ɴ/
  • Romanization: MLCTS: rang • ALA-LC: raṅ‘ • BGN/PCGN: yin • Okell: yiñ

Etymology 1

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *b/g-raŋ. Cognate with Tibetan བྲང (brang, chest, breast).

Noun

ရင် (rang)

  1. breast, chest
Synonyms

Etymology 2

Colloquial form of လျှင် (hlyang).

Conjunction

ရင် (rang)

  1. (colloquial) if
    • 2006, Gene Mesher, Burmese for Beginners, p. 111:
      အဲဒီကို သွားရင် ဘယ် လောက်လဲ။
      ai:dikui swa:rang bhai lauklai:||
      If [we] go there, how much?
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