Burmese

Verb

ပြန် • ‎(pran) (Romanization: MLCTS: pran • ALA-LC: pran‘ • BGN/PCGN: pyan • Okell: pyañ)

1. to go back, return
2. to translate

Etymology 2

Borrowing from Sanskrit प्राण ‎(prāṇa, “breath, used also as a measure of time”)

Noun

ပြန် • ‎(pran) (Romanization: MLCTS: pran • ALA-LC: pran‘ • BGN/PCGN: pyan • Okell: pyañ)

1. (archaic) A Myanmar measure of time equivalent to four seconds.

References

• “ပြန်” in Myanmar–English Dictionary (Myanmar Language Commission 1993). Searchable online at SEAlang.net.