ရုံ

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Burmese[edit]

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Etymology 1[edit]

Perhaps derived from Malay ruang, and cognate with Mon ရိုၚ်, Thai โรง (roong), Khmer រោង (roong).[1]

Noun[edit]

ရုံ (rum)

  1. clump, bush
  2. generic term for shelter, shed, building
Derived terms[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

Borrowed from Pali ārāma. Contraction of အာရာမ (arama.).

Noun[edit]

ရုံ (rum)

  1. (Buddhism) used in the names of Buddhist monasteries
    မဟာဂန္ဓာရုံကျောင်းတိုက်
    ma.hagandharumkyaung:tuik
    Mahagandhayon Monastery

Etymology 3[edit]

Verb[edit]

ရုံ (rum)

  1. to wear or put on
    Synonym: ဝတ် (wat)
Derived terms[edit]

Etymology 4[edit]

Particle[edit]

ရုံ (rum)

  1. only (particle suffixed to a verb to convey the sense of being limited in degree or extent)

References[edit]

  1. ^
    2021 August 9, Mathias Jenny, edited by Paul Sidwell and Mathias Jenny, 25 The national languages of MSEA: Burmese, Thai, Lao, Khmer, Vietnamese[1], De Gruyter, →DOI, →ISBN, pages 599–622: