တာဝန်
Burmese
Etymology
တာ (ta, “to measure”) + ဝန် (wan, “responsibility”).
Pronunciation
- Phonetic respellings: တာဝန်, တာဝင်
- IPA(key): /tàwʊ̀ɴ/, /tàwɪ̀ɴ/
- Romanization: MLCTS: tawan • ALA-LC: tāvanʻ • BGN/PCGN: tawun/tawin • Okell: tawuñ/tawiñ
Noun
တာဝန် • (tawan)
- duty, responsibility
- တာဝန်ကျေတယ် ― tawankyetai ― to fulfill one's duty
Derived terms
- ဓမ္မတာဝန် (dhamma.tawan)
- ပေးရန်တာဝန် (pe:rantawan)
- အလုပ်တာဝန် (a.luptawan)
Further reading
- “တာဝန်” in Myanmar–English Dictionary (Myanmar Language Commission 1993). Searchable online at SEAlang.net.