"မျက်တောင်" meaning in Burmese

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Noun

IPA: /mjɛʔtàʊɴ/ Forms: myaktaung [romanization]
Etymology: မျက်- (myak-, “pertaining to the eyes”) + တောင် (taung), with the second syllable တောင် (taung) invoking either the sense of "mountain" (MED) or "wing, fin" (STEDT). Etymology templates: {{af|my|မျက်-|တောင်|t1=pertaining to the eyes}} မျက်- (myak-, “pertaining to the eyes”) + တောင် (taung) Head templates: {{my-noun}} မျက်တောင် • (myaktaung)
  1. eyelash (hair growing on the edge of an eyelid) Derived forms: မျက်တောင်ပိတ် (myaktaungpit) (english: closing quotation mark (’’)), မျက်တောင်ဖွင့် (myaktaunghpwang.) (english: opening quotation mark (‘‘))
    Sense id: en-မျက်တောင်-my-noun-6tq2Ai2D Categories (other): Burmese entries with incorrect language header, Burmese terms prefixed with မျက်-, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Eye
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  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "my",
        "2": "မျက်-",
        "3": "တောင်",
        "t1": "pertaining to the eyes"
      },
      "expansion": "မျက်- (myak-, “pertaining to the eyes”) + တောင် (taung)",
      "name": "af"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "မျက်- (myak-, “pertaining to the eyes”) + တောင် (taung), with the second syllable တောင် (taung) invoking either the sense of \"mountain\" (MED) or \"wing, fin\" (STEDT).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "myaktaung",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "မျက်တောင် • (myaktaung)",
      "name": "my-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Burmese",
  "lang_code": "my",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Burmese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Burmese terms prefixed with မျက်-",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "my",
          "name": "Eye",
          "orig": "my:Eye",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "english": "closing quotation mark (’’)",
          "roman": "myaktaungpit",
          "word": "မျက်တောင်ပိတ်"
        },
        {
          "english": "opening quotation mark (‘‘)",
          "roman": "myaktaunghpwang.",
          "word": "မျက်တောင်ဖွင့်"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "eyelash (hair growing on the edge of an eyelid)"
      ],
      "id": "en-မျက်တောင်-my-noun-6tq2Ai2D",
      "links": [
        [
          "eyelash",
          "eyelash"
        ],
        [
          "hair",
          "hair#English"
        ],
        [
          "grow",
          "grow#English"
        ],
        [
          "edge",
          "edge#English"
        ],
        [
          "eyelid",
          "eyelid#English"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/mjɛʔtàʊɴ/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "မျက်တောင်"
}
{
  "derived": [
    {
      "english": "closing quotation mark (’’)",
      "roman": "myaktaungpit",
      "word": "မျက်တောင်ပိတ်"
    },
    {
      "english": "opening quotation mark (‘‘)",
      "roman": "myaktaunghpwang.",
      "word": "မျက်တောင်ဖွင့်"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "my",
        "2": "မျက်-",
        "3": "တောင်",
        "t1": "pertaining to the eyes"
      },
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      "name": "af"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "မျက်- (myak-, “pertaining to the eyes”) + တောင် (taung), with the second syllable တောင် (taung) invoking either the sense of \"mountain\" (MED) or \"wing, fin\" (STEDT).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "myaktaung",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "မျက်တောင် • (myaktaung)",
      "name": "my-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Burmese",
  "lang_code": "my",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Burmese entries with incorrect language header",
        "Burmese lemmas",
        "Burmese nouns",
        "Burmese terms prefixed with မျက်-",
        "Burmese terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "my:Eye"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "eyelash (hair growing on the edge of an eyelid)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "eyelash",
          "eyelash"
        ],
        [
          "hair",
          "hair#English"
        ],
        [
          "grow",
          "grow#English"
        ],
        [
          "edge",
          "edge#English"
        ],
        [
          "eyelid",
          "eyelid#English"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/mjɛʔtàʊɴ/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "မျက်တောင်"
}

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