English Wiktionary account
Source-reportedMeaning: “cold, snow, ice”
From Proto-Tibeto-Burman *kyam (“cold, snow, ice”). Cognate with Jingpho [script needed] (khyēn, “snow, ice, frost”) (STEDT). Many compound words invoking this term carry connotations of "peace", more akin to the connotations that English chill or cool have than the direct synonym cold.
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- Wiktionary: ချမ်းCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15

