ရုံ

See also: ရုံး

Burmese

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /jòʊɴ/
  • Romanization: MLCTS: rum • ALA-LC: ruṃ • BGN/PCGN: yon • Okell: youñ
  • Homophones: ယုံ (yum), ယုန် (yun)

Etymology 1

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

Noun

ရုံ • (rum)

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

Etymology 2

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

Noun

ရုံ • (rum)

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

Verb

ရုံ • (rum)

  1. to wear or put on
    Synonym: ဝတ် (wat)
Derived terms
  • ခြုံရုံ (hkrum-rum)
  • ဝတ်ရုံ (watrum)
  • သင်္ကန်းရုံ (sangkan:rum)

Particle

ရုံ • (rum)

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

References

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