နှင်းဆီ

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Burmese

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Etymology

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This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.
Particularly: “MED gives the word as a compound of နှင်း (hnang:, “snow”) +‎ ဆီ (hci, “oil”), perhaps because roses can grow in snowy weather and have famously fragrant oil; it is unclear if this is the correct interpretation or folk etymology, however. Luce 1981 does not mention the "rose" meaning, while STEDT assigns no etymology to this term (hnâŋ "tube-rose, land-lily").”

Pronunciation

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  • Phonetic respelling: နှင်းဇီ
  • IPA(key): /n̥ɪ́ɴzì/
  • Romanization: MLCTS: hnang:hci • ALA-LC: nhaṅʻʺchī • BGN/PCGN: hnin:zi • Okell: hnìñzi

Noun

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နှင်းဆီ • (hnang:hci)

  1. rose

Further reading

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