English Wiktionary account
Source-reportedMeaning: “shine; bright; yellow”
Inherited from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *hwaŋ (“shine; bright; yellow”). Cognate with 黃 (OC *ɡʷaːŋ, “yellow”); more distant cognates include ဝါ (wa, “yellow”) (STEDT).
Sources for this account (1)
- Wiktionary: ဝင်းCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15

